J.K. Rowling is ‘thrilled’ after picking up the outstanding contribution prize at the British Book Award.
She is known best for Harry Potter and Cursed Child script which she created with John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, was 2016’s biggest seller.
“Twenty years ago I would hardly have believed I’d have a book published, let alone an accolade as wonderful as this,” she said.
Every year,J.K. Rowling has released a new Potter tale,the book market has grown.
In 2007, final Potter book The Deathly Hallows took the sector to an all-time high of £1.79bn.
But Harry Potter and the Cursed Child failed to win best children’s book of the year.
It was beaten by mythical teen novel The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
Sarah Perry’s gothic novel went on to become a Waterstones Book of the Year and sold over 200,000 copies – 40 times more than the initial sales target.
Word-of-mouth hit The Essex Serpent was the overall winner at the trade awards, also known as the Nibbies, taking the coveted book of the year title.