J. K. Rowling is the author of the beloved, bestselling, record-breaking Harry Potter series. She started writing the series during a delayed Manchester to London King's Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published in the United States by Arthur A. Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. J. K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including an OBE for services to children's literature, France's Legion d'Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award. She supports a wide number of causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children.

Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Jim studied illustration at the University of Westminster and since graduating has worked in the Archives of Tate Britain and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Jim has produced concept work for television and contributed to a group exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He now lives and works in Northamptonshire, England, with his partner and a rescued greyhound.

J.K.羅琳，是暢銷書“哈利·波特”係列的作者，該係列小說深受讀者的喜愛，屢創銷售紀錄。迄今為止，“哈利·波特”係列銷量已越450000000冊，被翻譯成78種語言，並被改編成8部好萊塢大片。J.K.羅琳還為慈善組織撰寫過三部“哈利·波特”係列衍生作品，分彆是《神奇的魁地奇球》《神奇動物在哪裏》（用於資助“喜劇救濟基金會”）及《詩翁彼豆故事集》（用於資助“熒光閃爍”慈善組織）。她還創作瞭一部以《神奇動物在哪裏》為靈感來源的電影劇本。2012年，J.K.羅琳正式推齣數字化公司Pottermore，哈迷們可以在網站上欣賞她的新作，陶醉於神奇的魔法世界裏。J.K.羅琳還為成年讀者寫過小說《偶發空缺》，並以筆名羅伯特·加爾布雷思創作過推理小說。她曾榮獲過眾多奬項和榮譽，其中包括錶彰她對兒童文學做齣巨大貢獻的大英帝國勛章、法國榮譽軍團勛章，以及國際安徒生文學奬。

吉姆·凱，是帕特裏剋·奈斯的小說《惡魔呼喚》的插畫繪製者，他的插畫獲得瞭2012年凱特·格林納威奬。他曾在威斯敏斯特大學學習繪畫，畢業後曾先後在泰特英國美術館和英國皇傢植物園工作。他在裏奇濛美術館舉辦個展時，一位齣版商看中瞭他的繪畫，主動與他洽談，自此開啓瞭他的自由插畫傢生涯。吉姆也為電影和電視節目創作概念圖，並參與過倫敦維多利亞與阿爾伯特博物館的一場聯閤展覽。現在他與伴侶，還有一條被解救的靈緹犬生活在英國北安普敦郡。

這是JK羅琳創作的魔法經典的第一個彩繪本，書中充滿瞭吉姆·凱繪製的絢麗彩圖。這是一場絕對迷人的盛宴，獻給忠實的哈迷和新的讀者們。