James Potter (series)

The James Potter series is five (four written so far) self-published online novels written by American computer animator George Norman Lippert from 2007-2013. It is a fanonical continuation of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series. Written as a fan fiction project for Lippert's wife and sons, the novels start eighteen years after the end of the last official instalment in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and describe the adventures of Harry Potter's eldest son, James Potter II, during his years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the American wizarding school Alma Aleron.

Books

 * Book 1: James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
 * Book 2: James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
 * Book 3: James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
 * Book 4: James Potter and the Morrigan Web
 * Book 5: James Potter and the Crimson Thread

Response by Rowling
On 19 November, 2007, The Scotsman reported that Rowling had threatened legal action against Lippert for allegedly violating her intellectual property rights by producing and publishing the novel. A specialist in intellectual property law at Strathclyde University commented that, "If an insubstantial character from a novel is taken and built up by another author in a new story, that can be a defence against copyright infringements."

However, after Lippert offered Rowling an advance copy of the novel, Rowling dismissed her threat and said she supported the novel and any others like it. Lippert subsequently produced a sequel, James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper. After the novel first appeared online in early November 2007, some Harry Potter fans on the Internet initially speculated that the site might be part of an elaborate viral marketing campaign for an official continuation or spinoff of Harry Potter, one either written or at least approved by Rowling herself. On November 9, 2007, Rowling's agent Neil Blair denied that Rowling was in any way involved with the purported project, and Warner Bros., the studio which owns the rights to the Harry Potter film series, denied that the novel was in any way connected to the official Harry Potter franchise.