Career

As you may know, J.K. Rowling's biggest achievment is writing the seven book series of Harry Potter. Because of the incredible successus of the books, Rowling has not only won many awards for her series, but also has recieved many recognitions for herself. In July 1997, Bloomsbury Children's Books published her first novel, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone in the U.K. In the same year, "the book won The British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, and the Smarties Prize". Later in September of 1998, the book was final published in the U.S. by Scholastic Press. After the well recieved reviews and praise, Rowling quickly wrote a second and third installment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The author became a success in the U.S. when all three books held the top three spots on the New York Times best sellers list. "By the summer of 2000, Ms. Rowling had reportedly earned over $400 million for her first three Harry Potter books, which have been printed in 35 languages and sold over 30 million copies". The fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire first print run ran at 1 million for the U.S. alone and "broke all records for all records for the greatest number of books sold on the first weekend of publication". The fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix broke all records set by Goblet of Fire "as the fastest selling book in history". The sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince had record sales, but it was the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, that was the "fastest selling book in the UK and USA, and sales [were] well over 400 million copies worldwide". Rowling herself has won countless awards including Author of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award at British Book Award in 1999 and 2008.