J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life

One explanation for the lack of wizard literature is that the energies directed into literature in the Muggle world are directed into magic in the magical world: this is their poesis, their creative art. A fan of Susan Cooper, Ursula Le Guin and Philip Pullman, I found the prose wooden and the characters dull. ... Full Review

By Ian MacKenzie and Nick Zieminski EDINBURGH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling's first editor, who championed Harry Potter after several publishers had turned the boy wizard down, described the author as "fierce" but fair to work with. Rowling "fierce" but fair about Potter: editor ... Full Review

EDINBURGH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling's first editor, who championed Harry Potter after several publishers had turned the boy wizard down, described the author as "fierce" but fair to work with. Rowling "fierce" but fair about Potter: editor ... Full Review

J.K. Rowling was suicidal as young mom We're talking suicidal thoughts here, we're not talking, 'I'm a little bit miserable,'" Rowling said in a fuller version of the interview that the magazine reporter published on his Facebook site. ... Full Review

It's a dark period of her life that holds no lasting negative connotations for Rowling and one that she is more than happy to talk about. As for the present day, Rowling said that while "not for the reasons people would expect at all"-namely, her estimated $1 billion fortune-she "is much happier now. ... Full Review

Finally, Harry Potter fans in the U.S. will have a chance to view the documentary J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life . The show, which originally aired in the UK late last year, will be shown at 9 pm... ... Full Article

Just as I sat down to write this, I saw a new Variety report that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has "jumped the $100 million mark in its first 24 hours." ... Full Article

At 8, ABC has J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life . CBS has a new Big Brother at 8. At 9, USA has a new Burn Notice , then a new Royal Pains . ... Full Article

The ABC special J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life , premiering Thursday at 8 pm/ET, sheds light on the beloved Harry Potter author's world and work by chronicling the 12 months leading up to the release of the seventh,... ... Full Article

Watch "J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life," Thursday, July 16 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. An epic saga of childhood confusion, danger and adventure, Harry Potter is more than just a children's story . ... Full Article

Michael Gambon, who inherited the role of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore from the late Richard Harris with the third Harry Potter film, has never read any of the J.K Rowling novels. ... Full Article