The Harry Potter series sparked great enthusiasm among children and was credited with generating a new interest in reading. The seventh and final novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released in 2007. Succeeding volumes- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)-also were best sellers, available in more than 200 countries and some 60 languages.

The book received numerous awards, including the British Book Award. Featuring vivid descriptions and an imaginative story line, it followed the adventures of the unlikely hero Harry Potter, a lonely orphan who discovers that he is actually a wizard and enrolls in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The book was an immediate success, appealing to both children, who were its intended audience, and adults. (Her publisher recommended a gender-neutral pen name born Joanne Rowling, she used J.K., adding the middle name Kathleen.)

The first book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997 also published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), was released under the name J.K.

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