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    The proceeds from the sale allowed Rowling to move out of her apartment and into a better neighborhood in Edinburgh.  Literature Museum

    At first, her neighbors did not notice that the author of the "Harry Potter" series had moved into the community. For example, biographer Conian Kirk wrote: Most people respected her and gave her space, which is what they wanted.

    Rowling published the sequel "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" in 1998, which won her the second Nestle Smarties Children's Book Award; in December 1999, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"  After the publication of ", she won the award again, becoming the first writer to win the Nestl¨¦ Smarties Children's Book Award three times in a row.

    Rowling later declined the award and gave the opportunity to other books.  In 2000, "The Prisoner of Azkaban" won the Whitbright Award for Best Children's Book of the Year, but did not win the award for Best Book of the Year, which was awarded to Irish writer Seamus Heaney's "Beowulf".  ¡·The translation was obtained.

    The fourth episode of "Harry Potter", "The Goblet of Fire," was released simultaneously in the United Kingdom and the United States in 2000, and broke sales records in both countries. 372,775 copies were sold in the United Kingdom on the first day of release, almost as much as the previous work "Azkaban."  The Fugitive's first-year sales total.

    In the United States, more than 3 million copies were sold within 48 hours, breaking the book sales record.  Rowling admitted that there was a turning point when writing this book: Halfway through the fourth episode, I realized that there was a serious flaw in the plot I had the darkest moment with this book There was one chapter that I rewrote.  Thirteen times, no one looked at it and could taint it, or understand the impact it had on my plans.  Rowling was also named Writer of the Year at the 2000 British Book Awards.

    Rowling spent three years writing the fifth episode, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."  This interval caused the publisher to wonder whether Rowling had suffered from cerebral infarction, but she denied it.

    Rowling later admitted that writing the book was a chore: "I thought Order of the Phoenix should be shorter," she told Leif Grossman. "I know I ran out of time and energy writing the ending."  .

    The sixth episode, "Harry Potter: The Betrayal of the Half-Blood Prince," was released in 2005 and once again broke the sales record: 9 million copies were sold within 24 hours.

    During the writing of this book.  Rowling told fans on the Internet: I have been planning the sixth episode for several years, but before I started writing it seriously, I spent another two months re-planning and making an absolute promise to myself: I knew I was in  What to do.

    She noted on her personal website: The conversation between the Minister of Magic and the British Prime Minister at the beginning of "Harry Potter: The Betrayal of the Half-Blood Prince" was originally planned to be placed in "The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone" and "The Disappearance".  "The Chamber of Secrets" and "The Prisoner of Azkaban".

    In 2006, "Harry Potter: The Betrayal of the Half-Blood Prince" was selected as the British Book Award for Best Book of the Year.

    The title of the last work in the "Harry Potter" series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was announced in 2006.

    In 2007, Rowling completed the manuscript in a hotel room at the Baymore Hotel in Edinburgh.  The book goes on sale in 2007, Western European Summer Time.  Sales on the first day broke previous records, with a total of 11 million copies sold in the United Kingdom and the United States.

    Rowling said that when she wrote the last chapter, she felt very much like the earliest work in the series written in 1990.

    In the process of writing "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by Rowling.  She allowed ITV to make a documentary about her, which was broadcast in 2007 under the title "J.K. Rowling: A Year of Glory" (J.K. Rowling: A Day in the Life).

    In the film, Rowling returned to the low-rent apartment where she lived when she wrote "The Philosopher's Stone." She couldn't help crying: "(It) completely changed my life."

    In her interview with Oprah, Rowling attributed the success of the "Harry Potter" series to her mother.

    Now, "Harry Potter" has a global brand value of US$15 billion.  The last four novels broke book sales records one after another.

    The entire series of "Harry Potter" has a total of 4,195 pages, has been translated into 65 languages, and is distributed all over the world.  In addition, "Harry Potter" is also recognized as a novel that has rekindled the reading habit among teenagers who have only used computers and TVs since childhood.  but.  The book market continues to decline, and fewer and fewer teenagers continue to read.

    In 1998, Warner Bros. bought the film adaptation rights to the first two Harry Potter novels from Rowling.

    The movie "Harry Potter: The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone" was released in 2001, and the movie "Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets" was released in 2002.  Both films are directed by American director Chris Columbus.

    In 2004, the movie "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" directed by Mexican director Alfonso Coran was released.  The fourth film in the series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," was directed by British director Michael Newell.  Released in 2005.

    In 2007, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was directed by David Yates and written by Michael Guttenberg.? was released and was the first "Harry Potter" film not written by Steve Clevo.

    In 2009, "Harry Potter: The Betrayal of the Half-Blood Prince" was released. It was still directed by David Yates, but the script was written by the original screenwriter Steve Clewood.

    In 2008, Warner Bros. announced that the final chapter of the "Harry Potter" series, "The Deathly Hallows," would be split into parts one and two.  The two movies were released in 2010 (Part 1) and 2011 (Part 2) respectively, both directed by David Yates.

    When Warner Bros. signed a contract with Rowling, they accepted many of her requirements and opinions, including that the film must be shot in the UK and the actors must be British.

    The film company did abide by her conditions, and most of the "Harry Potter" movie actors were selected in the UK.  In addition, Rowling also demanded that Coca-Cola, which won the rights to advertise products in the "Harry Potter" movies, must donate $18 million to the American Children's Literacy Organization as part of a charity project.

    Except for the "Harry Potter - Order of the Phoenix" movie, the rest of the Harry Potter movies were written by Steve Clewood. When he wrote the script, he also received a lot of help from Rowling to ensure that the script would not conflict with the  Rowling's future works contain conflicting content.

    Rowling once said that Cleves had the most information about the Harry Potter sequels before she published them, but she did not tell him everything.

    British actor Alan Rickman, who played the Potions Professor Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter" movies, and Robbie Coltrane, who played the ranch caretaker Rupert Hagrid, also won roles with them.  The plot is related to the character but has not yet been published.

    As for the British child actor Daniel Radcliffe who plays the protagonist Harry Potter, he once asked Rowling whether Harry Potter will die in the novel. Rowling replied that there will be a death scene, but did not clearly answer the question.  .

    American director Steven Spielberg was once interested in directing the "Harry Potter" series of movies, but later gave up.  The publisher has repeatedly claimed that Rowling was involved in the decision-making process, but Rowling said she never intervened in the director selection, nor did she stop Spielberg from directing the "Harry Potter" films.

    The only time Rowling intervened in the selection of a director was when she wanted Terry Gilliam, a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, to direct the film because she was a big fan of Gilliam; but Warner Bros. believed that the "Harry Potter" movie should be closer  It¡¯s a bit of a viewing experience, so I chose to direct it by Chris Columbus.

    Even so, Rowling is still actively involved in the production process of the "Harry Potter" series of films. Not only does all scripts need to be reviewed by her, but she also personally supervises the production of the first and second episodes of "Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows."
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