Harry Potter author JK Rowling leaves her agent. Harry Potter author JK Rowling at the launch of her Pottermore website. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter novels, has confirmed that she has "terminated" her long-running association with the literary agent who who helped to launch her first book about the boy wizard.
Rowling, one of the most commercially successful authors of all time, had worked with Christopher Little since he found her a publisher for the very first Potter novel, the Philosopher's Stone, in 1996. The series of seven books have since gone on to sell over 400 million copies while the screen versions of the books are believed to have grossed around £3.6 billion. On Sunday night, Rowling's PR spokesperson confirmed that she had left Little to be managed by Neil Blair, a lawyer and former partner at Little's agency, adding it was a "painful decision". "This was a painful decision, especially as Ms Rowling had actively sought a different outcome for some weeks. Pottermore: a unique online Harry Potter experience from J.K. Rowling. Hogwarts- Ground Floor by =Hogwarts-Castle on deviantART.
The Harry Potter Lexicon. Harry Potter Wiki. Harry Potter News, Books and Films. Harry Potter (film series) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final novel in the series, was adapted into two feature-length parts.[7] Part 1 was released in November 2010, and Part 2 was released in July 2011.[8][9] Origins David Heyman produced all eight films in the series since securing the film rights in 1999. Late in 1997, film producer David Heyman's London offices received a copy of the first book in what would become Rowling's series of seven Harry Potter novels. The book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was relegated to a low-priority bookshelf, where it was discovered by a secretary who read it and gave it to Heyman with a positive review.
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