At the time of the movie's release, however, author J. K. Rowling said that it was her personal favorite from the series so far.

According to J. K. Rowling, Merlin was born sometime during the medieval era.

Although Rowling has said that Gilderoy Lockhart is her only character that she " deliberately based on a real person ", Snape was reportedly based, at least in part, on John Nettleship, who taught Rowling chemistry and employed her mother as an assistant at Wyedean School near Chepstow.

Rowling was less forthcoming about Snape than she was for other characters, because his true loyalties and motivations were not revealed until the final book.

Rowling also disclosed that after the publication of Prisoner of Azkaban, there was one female fan who guessed Snape loved Lily Potter, making Rowling wonder how she had given herself away.

After the completion of the series, Rowling began to speak openly about Snape and admitted that she was particularly pleased with the way Snape's story played out throughout the course of the series, contrasting his character arc with that of Albus Dumbledore.

Muggle, a term from the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling, refers to a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born into the magical world.

Rowling herself was sued for using the word " muggle " in the Harry Potter books.

The first time this form of injunction was used since 1852 in the United Kingdom was in 2005 when lawyers acting for JK Rowling and her publishers obtained an interim order against an unidentified person who had offered to sell chapters of a stolen copy of an unpublished Harry Potter novel to the media ".

What is known is that with reported worldwide sales of 750m, Harold Robbins sold more books than J. K. Rowling, earned and spent $ 50m during his lifetime, and was as much a part of the sexual and social revolution as the pill, Playboy and pot.

In the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, it is the year in which Ollivander's Wand shop was opened.

Craig is particularly interested in children's fiction, and was one of the first critics to praise JK Rowling and Philip Pullman in The New Statesman.

Although Douglas was innovative in his approach, and his open disregard for Rowling had earned him a reputation as a maverick, he remained within the mainstream of economic thinking in the parliamentary Labour Party.

He was replaced by Bill Rowling, who did not have the same charismatic appeal – in the 1975 election, Labour was defeated by National, which was led by Robert Muldoon.

Rowling himself was compared unfavourably to Muldoon, and did not cope well with Muldoon's aggressive style.

Rowling was eventually replaced by David Lange, who was seen as more able to counter Muldoon's attacks.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling, and was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada.

Rowling was praised for her imagination by USA Today writer Deirdre Donahue.

Fendalton was regarded as a safe National seat, and Rowling was defeated by the National Party's Harry Lake ( who was appointed Minister of Finance in the new National government ).

Rowling does not fully reveal the details of his true loyalties until the end of the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, lived in Winterbourne and attended St Michael's Primary School until she was nine years old.

Rowling served as a regent to the University of Texas System until February 6, 2009 when he resigned over a controversy regarding bonuses paid to the UTIMCO investment staff.

Unable to convince Rowling of the merit of his case, a disillusioned Douglas decided to stand down from parliament at the 1981 election.

The Leader of the Opposition, Bill Rowling stated that he would remove Holyoake as Governor-General should the Labour Party win the 1978 general election, and openly suggested that he would have appointed Sir Edmund Hillary as Governor-General.

At the 1975 general election, Palmer took part in the " Citizens for Rowling " campaign.

In the 1960 election, Rowling was selected as the Labour Party's candidate for the Fendalton electorate in Christchurch.

When the Labour Party won power under Norman Kirk in the 1972 election, Rowling was appointed Minister of Finance.

In 1983 Rowling was replaced as leader by the charismatic David Lange, who went on to defeat Muldoon in the 1984 election.

Rowling retired from parliament at the same election.

* New Zealand general election, 1975: The Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Bill Rowling, lost its 55-32 majority in the House of Representatives, with 23 seats going to the National Party, headed by Robert Muldoon.

In 1972, Rowling began working for Tana Oil and Gas, which was owned by his father, Reese Rowling, and William Colson.

The road is featured briefly in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when Harry and his friends were escaping from Death Eaters, by J. K. Rowling ; The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins ; Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ; Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and its musical adaptation, My Fair Lady ; Saturday and Atonement by Ian McEwan ; several Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; the Saki story Reginald on Christmas Presents ; several stories by John Collier ; A Room with a View by E. M. Forster ; The London Eye Mystery, The Late Mr Elvesham by Herbert G. Wells by Siobhan Dowd ; The Wish House by Celia Rees ; a The Matrix-based story, Goliath by Neil Gaiman ; features often in novels by Mark Billingham and The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon.

When interviewed, Rowling stated that when Harry, Ron and Hermione work for the Ministry, they change it drastically, making it less corrupt.

James Howe is mentioned when Pete says that all of the other kids wanted to choose authors like J. K. Rowling or James Howe.

* On camera J. K. Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe, while discussing the near-death or afterlife scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, both reveal A Matter of Life and Death to have been their favorite film and something that each had had in mind when working on the scenes in Harry Potter.

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling when Harry Potter first meets Professor Lockhart, Professor Lockhart "... was wearing robes of forget-me-not blue that exactly matched his eyes ..." ( chapter four page 59 of the 1999 American edition ).

Money in fantasy fiction faces analogous challenges from the use of magic ; in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, magically-created currency is time-limited, while in Ursula K. Le Guin's fictional realm of Earthsea, the world's Equilibrium is unbalanced when something is created from nothing.

The series makes no mention of Harry recovering the map from Moody's office, even though he continued to use it in later books ; when asked about this discrepancy, Rowling answered that Harry had indeed sneaked into the office and recovered it in the days following the Third Task, and that she had forgotten to include this detail in the book.

Rowling wrote when giving the award, " It's high time I paid homage to the mighty MuggleNet ," and listed all the features she loved, including " the pretty-much-exhaustive information on all books and films.

Nel also noted that, like many good writers for children, Rowling combines literary genres – fantasy, young-adult fiction, boarding school stories, Bildungsroman and many others.

* July 31 – Joanne Rowling, author

Regarding the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, Isaacs has said: " I went off and read the books after the audition and I read the first four books in one sitting – you know – didn't wash, didn't eat, drove around with them on the steering wheel like a lunatic.

* Terrence Catheter ( Jimmy Kimmel ) – An effeminate, red-headed man who acts as spokesperson for various celebrities, such as Tom Cruise, Bill Cosby, Jared Fogle, J. K. Rowling, Mr. T, and the Olsen twins.

These included Edward John " Johnny " Jackett ( 1878 – 1935 ), Charlie Mitchell ( 1885 – 1957 ), who looked after Tuke's boats, Willie Sainsbury, Tuke's eldest nephew, Leo Marshall, Georgie and Richard Fouracre, George Williams – younger son of close neighbours, Maurice Clift – nephew of a family friend, Ainsley Marks, Jack Rowling ( also spelled " Rolling "), Freddy Hall, Bert White and Harry Cleave.

* 9 – 11 years: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling ( Bloomsbury Publishing )

* 9 – 11 years: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling ( Bloomsbury Publishing )

* 9 – 11 years: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling ( Bloomsbury Publishing )

Those two novels finally placed fifth and first ; the other preliminary leaders by Rowling and Tolkien nominally led the also-rans in ranks 22 – 25.

Sir Wallace Edward Rowling, KCMG ( 15 November 1927 – 31 October 1995 ), often known as Bill Rowling, was the 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Labour also campaigned with the famous Citizens for Rowling – prominent New Zealanders who backed Rowling.

Honours that Rowling received include being made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, an honorary law doctorate, and being made a Commander in the Orde van Oranje – Nassau ( Netherlands ).

During this time he also served as chairman of the Environmental Council ( 1974 – 76 ); he was a supporter of Citizens for Rowling ( the campaign for the re-election of Labour Prime Minister Bill Rowling ); and he served as president of the National Council of Churches in New Zealand ( 1984 – 85 ).