LONDON (Reuters) - The secret of what happened before boy
wizard Harry Potter went to Hogwarts will be revealed through
the unusual channel of a charity auction next month.
Author JK Rowling has penned an 800-word outline of a
prequel to the seven book series that has made her into a
billionaire which will be sold at the auction on June 10 by
bookseller Waterstones.
The outline, which ends with the line "From the prequel I
am not working on -- but that was fun!" is one of 13 story
outlines written for the auction by famed authors including new
Bond writer Sebastian Faulks and Nobel laureate Doris Lessing.
"What's Your Story? just gets more and more exciting -- all
these brilliant works by amazing writers and illustrators,
every one a small masterpiece," said Waterstone's chief Gerry
Johnson.
"We never dreamed that JK Rowling would donate something so
precious, and we're incredibly grateful."
The money raised will go to charities English PEN and
Dyslexia Action.
Other authors who have donated outline works are Lisa
Appignanesi, Margaret Atwood, Lauren Child, Richard Ford, Neil
Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Michael Rosen, Axel Scheffler, Tom
Stoppard and Irvine Welsh.
(Reporting by Jeremy Lovell; editing by Paul Casciato)
