Primary Sources

J.K. Rowling Bibliography of writings

**Note: the first two entries are the same book, only released under different names in the U.S. and Britain. The rest of the writings’ publication dates reflect the first publication.

Novels

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997.

---. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic,
1998.

---. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998.

---. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 1999.

---. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000.

Scamander, Newt (alias). Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. New York: Arthur A. Levine
Books, 2001.

Whisp, Kennilworthy (alias). Quidditch Through the Ages. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books,
2001.

Essays

Rowling, J.K. “Families Just Like Us: The one parent families good book guide.” London: Young
Book Trust & National Council for One Parent Families, 2000.

---. “Let me tell you a story.” Sunday Times (London). 21 May 2000.

---. “JK Rowling’s diary.” Sunday Times (London). 26 July 1998.

---. “The not especially fascinating life so far of J.K. Rowling.” 1998
<http://www.okukbooks.com/harry/rowling.htm>

Secondary Sources

“Abracadabra! J.K. Rowling’s Magical Harry Potter Books have Cast a Spell on Kids Around the
World.” Time. 26 July 1999: 72.

**Provides a look into the frenzy created by the release of Rowling’s third book in the Harry Potter series, and how children across the world were anxiously awaiting its release.

“Rowling, J.K.” Current Biography Yearbook 2000 – With Index 1991-2000. New York: H.W.
Wilson Company, 2000: 481-84.

**Gives the reader a glimpse into the life of Rowling and the success of Harry. It also includes a brief description of the books that had been published by Rowling up to the date of the book’s publication.

“J.K. Rowling.” Educational Paperback Association. 2000. 17 September 2001.
<http://www.edupaperback.org/authorbios/Rowling_JK.html>

**Provides a full and up-to-date biography of Rowling’s life. It includes interesting tidbits of information on the author’s works and different events surrounding their publication.

Jones, Malcolm. “Magician for Millions: Move aside, violent videogames, J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry
Potter’ has cast a best-selling spell over kids and parents the world over.” Newsweek. 23
August 1999: 58.

**Focuses on the popularity of Harry among children worldwide, and the possible reasons for it. It also delves into the popularity of the book among adults, how well it has been doing in sales, and the additional Harry Potter related merchandise that is becoming available.

“Just Wild About Harry Potter.” Business Week. 9 August 1999: 54.

**Focuses on the number of sales and the money being made from the Harry Potter books as well as Harry merchandise. It also gives possible reasons for the huge success of the books. This article also give a brief listing of the “who,” “what,” and “where” of Harry Potter.

Plummer, William and Joanna Blonska. “Spell Binder: British author J.K. Rowling spins an
enchanting tale of a young wizard who goes from hags to witches.” People Weekly. 12
July 1999: 85.

**Summarizes the life of Rowling and her “rags to riches” story. It also provides the reader with the story of how the idea for Harry Potter came to be, her struggle to get it published, and then the manuscript’s ultimate success.

“About the Author: J.K. Rowling.” Raincoast Kids. 2000. 18 September 2001.
<http://www.raincoast.com/kidstitles/kidsauthors/PstoneA.html>

**Another brief biography of J.K. Rowling. It is a great site for finding the various awards Rowling’s books have won as well as hearing about the movie deal with Warner Brothers.

“Meet J.K. Rowling.” Scholastic. 2001. 17 September 2001.
<http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/index.htm>

**A very abbreviated biography of Rowling. It also gives background on how she got her start in writing and how her daughter is adjusting to her mother’s fame.

“The J.K. Rowling Interview.” Stories from the Web. 2001. 17 September 2001.
<http://hosted.ukoln.ac.uk/stories/stories/rowling/interview.htm>

**This site is set up in the form of an interview and focuses mainly on the creation of the story(s) of Harry Potter. In it we get a view of how the characters where created, where the names and ideas came from, as well as the influences on and how early Rowling began to write.

--Angela Dorzweiler, Matt Heuer, Sarah Ketchum, Shannon Olivas, and Quinci Shaver