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She is best known for writing the harry potter fantasy series, which has won multiple awards and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the bestselling book. Her first novel for adult readers, the casual vacancy was published in september 2012 and adapted for tv by the bbc in 2015. And the empty seat left by barry on the towns council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Authors adult fiction debut sweeps aside its rivals, becoming the fastest selling hardback novel since 2009.
Even the people who love her wouldnt claim shes an artist of the experimental. Jk rowling has sparked excitement online by announcing that she is writing two new novels. Here is a taste of the first page, as the first paragraph will not. Blackly comic, thoughtprovoking and constantly surprising, the casual vacancy is j. The bbchbo adaptation of jk rowlings first novel for adults, the casual vacancy, will air next year. The harry potter creators first novel for adults gives us a pleb vs nimby power struggle. Jk s first grownup novel is an eminentlyreadable tale of small minds in smalltown england bella a perfect holiday read best magazine rowling once again shows her skill at laying bare the best and more often worst of human nature star magazine this is a book with a social conscience.
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