She is also the author of a stand-alone novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, and, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, writes the Strike detective series. In the same year, she wrote the screenplay for the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring magizoologist Newt Scamander. Rowling resumed Harry’s story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which she wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, and which is now in theaters across the world.

Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes - Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard - which were published in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. ROWLING is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were first published between 19. Most recently, he illustrated the 20th anniversary paperback edition covers of J.K. He is the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Invention of Hugo Cabret, adapted into Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning movie Hugo and Wonderstruck, adapted into the eponymous movie by celebrated filmmaker Todd Haynes, with a screenplay by Selznick as well as the New York Times bestsellers The Marvels and Baby Monkey, Private Eye. Brian Selznick's books have garnered countless accolades worldwide, and have been translated into more than 35 languages.

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