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Jim Kay, J. K. Rowling (Beteiligte)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban


Illustrated Edition. Winner of Whitbread Children´s Book Award 1999
Illustration: Kay, Jim
2017. 336 S. Colour illustrations throughout. 10.511811 in
Verlag/Jahr: BLOOMSBURY TRADE; BLOOMSBURY CHILDRENS 2017
ISBN: 1-408-84566-0 (1408845660)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-408-84566-0 (9781408845660)

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Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic!

Picture the magic - discover J.K. Rowling´s wizarding world with glorious full-colour illustration by Jim Kay, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal
Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic!

An extraordinary creative achievement by an extraordinary talent, Jim Kay´s inspired reimagining of J.K. Rowling´s classic series has captured a devoted following worldwide. This stunning new fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban brings more breathtaking scenes and unforgettable characters - including Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Professor Trelawney. With paint, pencil and pixels, Kay conjures the wizarding world as we have never seen it before. Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this full-colour edition will captivate fans and new readers alike as Harry, now in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, faces Dementors, death omens and - of course - danger.
Seeing Jim Kay´s illustrations moved me profoundly. I love his interpretation of Harry Potter´s world, and I feel honoured and grateful that he has lent his talent to it J.K. Rowling
Rowling, J.K.
J.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into 80 languages, and made into 8 blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of 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), as well as a film script inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which marked the start of a five-film series to be written by the author. She has also collaborated on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, which opened in London´s West End in the summer of 2016 and on Broadway in early 2018. In 2012, J.K. Rowling´s digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy news, features and articles, as well as original content from J.K. Rowling. She has also written The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adult readers, and the Strike crime series, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. As well as receiving an OBE for services to children´s literature, she has received many awards and honours, including an OBE and Companion of Honour, France´s Légion d´honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Kay, Jim
Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. He studied illustration at the University of Westminster and since graduating has worked in the Library & Archives of Tate Britain and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. After producing a one-man exhibition at Richmond Gallery he was approached by a publisher and his freelance illustration work began. Jim has produced concept work for film and television, and contributed to a group exhibition at the V&A museum in London. He now lives and works in Northamptonshire with his partner.

You can find out more about Jim at ww.jimkay.co.uk/.