Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling, in which the adventures of the young apprentice of magic and sorcery are described Harry Potter and his friends Hermione Granger y Ron Weasley, during the years spent in college Hogwarts of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The plot focuses on the fight between Harry Potter and the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who murdered Harry's parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world.
Since the release of the first novel, harry potter and the Philosopher's Stone In 1997, the series achieved immense popularity, critical acclaim, and commercial success around the world. By July 2013 they had been sold between 400 and 500 million copies of the seven books, which ranks as the book series best-selling in history and which have been translated intomore than 65 languages , including Latin and ancient Greek. The seventh and last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released worldwide in English on July 21, 2007, while in Spanish it was published on February 21, 2008.
The success of the novels has made the Harry Potter brand one of the most successful in the world, worth $15 billion, and Rowling the first writer in history to reach the $1 billion in concept of profits thanks to their work. In 2005, she was the ninth person with the highest annual income in the world.