blog:the seven-book saga of Harry Potter
Rowling was working as a French teacher when she heard that her book about the boy wizard
had been accepted for publication. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was published in
June 1997 and achieved almost instant success. With the publication of the American edition,
retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, in 1998, Rowling’s books continued to make
publishing history. Harry Potter climbed to the top of all the bestseller lists for
children’s and adult books. Indeed, the story of the boy wizard, his Cinderlad childhood,
and his adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry caught the imagination of
readers of all ages. In Britain a separate edition of the first book appeared with a more
“adult” dust jacket so that grown-ups reading it on trains and subways would not have to
hide their copy behind a newspaper. Jo Rowling lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her
daughter Jessica and continues to work on writing the seven-book saga of Harry Potter.
