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Thomas Michael Bond CBE (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was an English author. He is best known for a series of children's books featuring the character of Paddington Bear.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, an adaptation of the first Harry Potter book, was released in November 2001. [150] Steve Kloves wrote the screenplays for all but the fifth film, [ 151 ] with Rowling's assistance, ensuring that his scripts kept to the plots of the novels. [ 152 ]
The Elephant House was one of the cafés in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote the first part of Harry Potter.. The series follows the life of a boy named Harry Potter.In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), Harry lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of the Dursleys, his aunt, uncle and cousin, who all treat him poorly.
Since it was first published in 1997, Harry Potter has become one of the defining pieces of culture of the 21st century so far. Generations of children and adults have been enchanted by author J.K ...
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by Thorne, J. K. Rowling, and John Tiffany.The plot occurs nineteen years after the events of Rowling's novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Marking the 60th anniversary of the publication of the first Paddington children's book, in 2018 an image of Paddington Bear (sitting at Paddington station) appeared on 50p coins in the UK. [92] His creator Michael Bond was the second author to have their character feature on the coin after Beatrix Potter whose literary creation Peter Rabbit ...
The book's fictional author, Newt Scamander, does not appear in the main Harry Potter book series. However, his name is seen on the Marauder's Map in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film. [4] He is the central character of the Fantastic Beasts film series, in which he is played by Eddie Redmayne.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and was Rowling's début novel. It follows Harry Potter , a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of ...