Heyman's enthusiasm led to Rowling's 1999 sale of the film rights for the first four Harry Potter books to Warner Bros. for a reported £1 million (US$2,000,000).
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Now J. K. Rowling is richer than the Queen, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. The creator of Harry Potter, who wrote her first children's book in an Edinburgh cafe while her baby daughter slept beside her, is now worth £280 million - a figure which puts her 11 places higher than the monarch.