Who is the author of 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'?
The Tales of Beedle the Bard The Tales of Beedle the Bard The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children's stories by British author J. K. Rowling. There is a storybook of the same name mentioned in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", the last book of the "Harry Potter" series. The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling. One of them was offered for auction through Sotheby's in late 2007 and was expected to sell for £50,000 (US$77,000, €69,000); ultimately it was bought for £1.95 million ($3 million, €2.7
The Tales of Beedle the Bard books as a source of inspiration for the tales. More specifically, "The Tale of the Three Brothers", the only story included entirely in "The Deathly Hallows", was inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales". Originally "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" had only been produced in a limited number of seven handmade copies, all handwritten and illustrated by the author herself. The books were bound in brown morocco leather, and decorated with hand-chased silver ornaments and mounted semiprecious stones by silversmith and jeweller Hamilton & Inches of Edinburgh. Each of the silver pieces represents one of