However, this character would not feature in any books, but instead would write them. The films made of the series also follow these theme closely and try to stay as close to the plot of the books as possible, although given the length of the books in comparison to the running times of the films, several plot points had to be removed.Īway from the world of wizardry in Harry Potter, JK Rowling created the character Robert Galbraith. The rest of the books in the series follow a similar theme, with Voldemort an ever-present threat throughout, as well as focusing on the importance of friendship in Harry’s life. As well as this, Harry must also juggle his blossoming relationships as well as his school work. Harry’s first year is spent trying to stop the evil wizard Voldemort from returning, whom had tried to kill Harry as an infant. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, as the name suggests, focuses on the boy wizard Harry Potter, and chronicles his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as well as that of his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.

However, it would not be until 1997 that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was published in the UK after a lengthy process of submitting the book to a dozen publishing houses. Rowling had started the first book in the Harry Potter series in 1990, but it was not until 1995 that the book was actually finished. It was after the move to Edinburgh that JK Rowling was able to finish the first instalment of her Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Although seen as a flag-bearer for many things Scottish, Rowling did not move to Scotland until 1993, when she moved to Edinburgh to be closer to her sister, after spending time living in England and in Portugal. It wasn’t until she started writing that she added the K to her name, which stands for Kathleen, a ‘made-up’ middle name, as she was not given one at birth. JK Rowling was born Joanne Rowling in the town of Yate, Gloucestershire in 1965.

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