Each of the Potter books was inscribed with a dedication that had a significance for J K Rowling ...
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone
Dedication: For Jessica who loves stories, Anne, who loved them too, and for Di, who heard this one first.
Meaning: Jessica is Rowling’s first daughter, Anne was her mother, who died in 1990, and Dianne is her younger sister: the first person to read the first Harry Potter manuscript.
Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets
Dedication: For Sean P.F. Harris, getaway driver and foulweather friend.
Meaning: Rowling met Harris at 11, when they were pupils at Wyedean school. He was the first of her friends to learn to drive and would take her — in her words 'zooming off into the darkness' in his car. He was also the first person to whom she confided her dream of becoming a writer — and who believed that she would succeed.
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
Dedication: To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, the godmothers of Swing.
Meaning: The two women were Rowling's flatmates when she lived in Portugal and Swing was their favourite club.
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Dedication: To Peter Rowling, in memory of Mr Ridley and to Susan Sladden who helped Harry out of his cupboard.
Meaning: Peter Rowling is JK’s father and Ronald Ridley was an old family friend who gave his name to Harry Potter's best friend Ron Weasley. Susan Sladden is believed to have looked after Rowling's daughter Jessica, while she was writing the first Potter book.
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Dedication: To Neil, Jessica and David, who make my world magical.
Meaning: They are Dr Neil Murray, Rowling's husband, her daughter Jessica, and David, her first child with Murray.
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
Dedication: To Mackenzie, my beautiful daughter' I dedicate her ink and paper twin.
Meaning: Mackenzie is Rowling and Murray’s second child, born on January 23, 2005. Rowling was pregnant with her during the writing of Half-Blood Prince, which was published on July 16, 2005.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
Dedication: The dedication of this book is split seven ways: to Neil, to Jessica, to David, to Kenzie, to Di, to Anne, and to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end.
Meaning: Very simply, this is dedicated to Rowling’s husband, children, mother, sister and the people who have made her the most successful author on earth: her readers.
From Daily Mail
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone
Dedication: For Jessica who loves stories, Anne, who loved them too, and for Di, who heard this one first.
Meaning: Jessica is Rowling’s first daughter, Anne was her mother, who died in 1990, and Dianne is her younger sister: the first person to read the first Harry Potter manuscript.
Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets
Dedication: For Sean P.F. Harris, getaway driver and foulweather friend.
Meaning: Rowling met Harris at 11, when they were pupils at Wyedean school. He was the first of her friends to learn to drive and would take her — in her words 'zooming off into the darkness' in his car. He was also the first person to whom she confided her dream of becoming a writer — and who believed that she would succeed.
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
Dedication: To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, the godmothers of Swing.
Meaning: The two women were Rowling's flatmates when she lived in Portugal and Swing was their favourite club.
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Dedication: To Peter Rowling, in memory of Mr Ridley and to Susan Sladden who helped Harry out of his cupboard.
Meaning: Peter Rowling is JK’s father and Ronald Ridley was an old family friend who gave his name to Harry Potter's best friend Ron Weasley. Susan Sladden is believed to have looked after Rowling's daughter Jessica, while she was writing the first Potter book.
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Dedication: To Neil, Jessica and David, who make my world magical.
Meaning: They are Dr Neil Murray, Rowling's husband, her daughter Jessica, and David, her first child with Murray.
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
Dedication: To Mackenzie, my beautiful daughter' I dedicate her ink and paper twin.
Meaning: Mackenzie is Rowling and Murray’s second child, born on January 23, 2005. Rowling was pregnant with her during the writing of Half-Blood Prince, which was published on July 16, 2005.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
Dedication: The dedication of this book is split seven ways: to Neil, to Jessica, to David, to Kenzie, to Di, to Anne, and to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end.
Meaning: Very simply, this is dedicated to Rowling’s husband, children, mother, sister and the people who have made her the most successful author on earth: her readers.
From Daily Mail
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