Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets
by
J. K. Rowling
published:
1999, Bloomsbury Books, Britain, and Scholastic, Arthur A. Levine books, USA
illustrations by Mary GrandPre, 1999
- This is the second book of the series
- chapter-by-chapter synopsis
- day by day calendar of events in the book
- differences between the British and American versions
- The character of Lockhart is the one Rowling says is most nearly based on a real person, but Rowling won't say who it is (for obvious reasons)
- Rowling said that her worst case of writer's block happened as she worked on this book, realizing with the success of the first book how much pressure was on her to make this second one at least as good
Q: Do you ever get writer's block? What do you do when this happens?
A: I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst of publicity about the first book and it paralysed me. I was scared the second book wouldn't measure up, but I got through it!
