She has received many awards and honours, including an OBE and a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy. Her latest children's novel The Christmas Pig, a standalone adventure story, was published in 2021. Learn all about the Hogwarts Library books, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Quidditch Through the Ages and the Fantastic Beasts textbook. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Rowling has also written a standalone novel, The Casual Vacancy, and is the author of the Strike crime series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

In the same year, she made her debut as a screenwriter with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander, which was inspired by the original companion volume. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London in 2016 and is now playing worldwide. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of Lumos. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione have gone on to sell over 500 million copies, be translated into over 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films. Rowling & Newt Scamander includes books The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and several more. Rowling is best known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were published between 19. The Northmont Branch Library needs more programming room than available in the current leased space.

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