Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. J.K. Rowling is claiming her first husband Jorge Arantes once held her Harry Potter manuscript "hostage," in an effort to keep her ...

J.K. Rowling says her former husband emotionally and physically abused her in the early 1990s, using their daughter and her Harry Potter manuscript to coerce her not to leave their marriage. At one ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been bathed in controversy in recent years, and though the precarious circumstances surrounding the creation of the ...

Harry Potter is a global literary phenomenon. But did you know that before it enchanted millions and birthed one of the most successful franchises in history, Harry Potter was simply a manuscript ...

JK Rowling has described how she feared her ex-husband would burn the manuscript for her first Harry Potter book. The author opened up about her marriage to Portuguese journalist Jorge Arantes in the ...