New behind-the-scenes pictures and out-takes from a photoshoot with J.K. Rowling & Stephen Fry, that were taken last year in May to promote the Deathly Hallows audiobook, are now online.

See them HERE.

Thanks SS!

Forbes has posted their list of the best paid authors. JK Rowling is, of course, number 1 on the list!

Topping the list: J.K. Rowling, who banked a jaw-dropping $300 million over the course of the year.

Once a single mother on welfare, Rowling can now claim best-selling billionaire status thanks to her Harry Potter franchise. The adventures of the teen magician and his Hogwarts classmates took the publishing world by storm in 1998, when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone became a bona fide hit. In the decade since, it and the six subsequent books in the series have sold 375 million-plus copies worldwide. Over on the big screen, her Potter franchise has already generated $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office–and she still has three more flicks to come.

If you recall, back in August Melissa Anelli, author of the upcoming book Harry, A History and webmiss of The Leaky Cauldron, posted up the first half of an interview she had with Jo Rowling.  She has now posted the second part! In this part she talks about the veil.

I had not anticipated, though really I should have done, how interested people would be to go beyond the veil. And lots of people, including Dan [Radcliffe], wanted to go through the veil. But then that shouldn’t surprise me because teenagers are very interested.

Click More or the link above for the full interview!

As I posted yesterday, JK Rowling received the Edinburgh Award. You can read about it HERE and see a photo of JK Rowling with her award!!!

It is an absolute honour to receive this award, as Edinburgh is very much home for me and is the place where Harry evolved over seven books and many, many hours of writing in its cafes So much has happened to me both professionally and personally since I moved here nearly 15 years ago, that to receive this recognition is particularly meaningful and special.

Congratulations JK! You deserve it!

As I posted a while ago, JK Rowling is set to receive the Edinburgh Award. The Herald is saying that this event will be held tonight in Edinburgh. JKR says:

“It is an absolute honour to receive this award, as Edinburgh is very much home for me and is the place where Harry evolved over seven books and many, many hours of writing in its cafes.So much has happened to me both professionally and personally since I moved here nearly 15 years ago, that to receive this recognition is particularly meaningful and special.”

Thanks to TLC for the news!

The Grand Rapids Press has spoken with the author of The Harry Potter Lexicon, Steve Vander Ark.

“I’ve always been a fan of Harry Potter and of Rowling and my hope all along was that we’d find an amicable way to settle this. I’m disappointed, but this is the way it went and I don’t hold any ill will at all. It was a question of law over a difference of opinion and, in a way, I’m glad that it’s finally over.”

Thanks MN!