Harry Potter is a book series.
Bloomsbury Publishing plc ( formerly M.B.N. 1 Limited and Bloomsbury Publishing Company Limited ) is a British independent , worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction . Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling . The series was originally published in English by two major publishers , Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom and Scholastic Press in the United States . Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing , education and media company known for publishing , selling , and distributing books and educational materials for schools , teachers , parents , and children .