E mōhio nuitia ana a J.K. Rowling hei kaituhi mō ngā pukapuka e whitu o Hare Pota, i whakaputaina rā i te tau 1997 ki te tau 2007. Kua neke atu i te 500 miriona ngā tānga o ngā haerenga mātātoa o Hare rātou ko Rāna, ko Heremaiani, e matatū nei te rongonuitanga, kua neke atu i te waru tekau ngā reo i whakawhitingia ai ngā kōrero, ā, e waru ngā hurihanga hei kiriata inā kē te nui o te mātakihia. I te taha o te terenga o ngā pukapuka o Hare Pota, i tuhi hoki ia i ētahi pukapuka poto e toru hei tāpirihanga ki ērā atu: Te Kuitiki i Roto i ngā Tau me Ngā Kātuarehe me ngā Wāhi e Kitea ai, hei tautoko i a Comic Relief me Lumos, tae atu ki Ngā Paki mō Pītara te Kaitito hei tautoko i a Lumos. I mahi tahi a J.K. Rowling rātou ko te kaihanga whakaari, ko Jack Thorne, ko te ringatohu, ko John Tiffany, kia haere tonu ngā kōrero mō Hare mā roto i te whakaari i runga atamira, ko Hare Pota me te Tamaiti kua Kangaia, i tīmata i Rānana i te tau 2016, ā, ināianei kei te ao whānui e whakaaturia ana. I taua tau anō, kātahi ia ka tīmata hei kaituhi kiriata i a Ngā Kātuarehe me ngā Wāhi e Kitea ai, koia nei te tuatahi o tētahi terenga e kitea ai te kaimātai kararehe-tūmatarau, a Nui Karamena, i puta ai nā te pukapuka tāpiri tuatahi. Kua tuhi hoki a J.K. Rowling i tētahi pakimaero takitahi, i a The Casual Vacancy, ā, ko ia te kaituhi o te terenga puka-taihara, o Strike, i raro i tōna ingoa huna, i a Robert Galbraith. Kua hurihia aua pukapuka e rua hei hōtaka pouaka whakaata. E hia nei ngā tohu me ngā whakahōnoretanga kua whiwhi ia, tae atu ki tētahi OBE me tētahi Companion of Honour mō ana mahi ki te ao tuhituhi me te ohaoha. Kei Koterangi rātou ko tana whānau e noho ana.

J.K. Rowling is best known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were published between 1997 and 2007. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione have gone on to sell over 500 million copies, be translated into over eighty languages and made into eight blockbuster films. 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. J.K. 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. 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. J.K. Rowling has also written a standalone novel, The Casual Vacancy, and is the author of the Strike crime series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Both have been adapted for television. She has received many awards and honours, including an OBE and a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy. She lives in Scotland with her family.

Photo credit: Debra Hurford Brown © J.K. Rowling 2018