Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter ‘H’.

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly conf...

Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter ‘H’.

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

J. K. 羅琳（J. K. Rowling, 1965- ），英國女作家，自小喜歡寫作，當過短時間的教師和秘書。二十四歲那年，她在前往倫敦的火車旅途中萌生了創(chuàng)作“哈利·波特”系列小說的念頭。七年后，《哈利·波特與魔法石》問世，之后她陸續(xù)創(chuàng)作了《哈利·波特與密室》《哈 利·波特與阿茲卡班囚徒》《哈利·波特與火焰杯》《哈利-波特與鳳凰社》《哈利·波特與“混血王子”》和《哈利·波特與死亡圣器》，完成了該系列的創(chuàng)作，在全球刮起一股股“哈利·波特”颶風(fēng)，在世界范圍內(nèi)掀起規(guī)模宏大的“哈利·波特”閱讀狂潮。另外，在此期間，她還因為慈善事業(yè)而先后完成了《神奇動物在哪里》和《神奇的魁地奇球》這兩部與“哈利·波特”系列相關(guān)的圖書，最新完成的作品是《詩翁彼豆故事集》。

J.K.羅琳與她的丈夫及三個孩子生活在愛丁堡，一邊盡享家庭生活的幸福，一邊文學(xué)創(chuàng)作。