The Harry Potter Lexicon is a fan-created online encyclopedia
of the Harry Potter series. The Harry Potter Lexicon,
also known as HPL , was created by librarian Steve
Vander Ark. It
contains detailed information for all seven published Harry Potter
books. The Lexicon lists characters , places , creatures , spells , potions and magical devices , as well as
analyzing magical theory and other details of the
series. The Lexicon is credited as creating one of the first timelines of all events occurring in the Harry
Potter universe. A similar timeline of events was adopted by Warner
Bros. for inclusion with their Harry Potter film DVDs, and was
accepted by author J. K. Rowling as conforming to her works.
The Lexicon is a winner of J.K. Rowling's Fan Site Award. Rowling said: This
is such a great site that I have been known to sneak into an internet café
while out writing and check a fact rather than go into a bookshop and buy a
copy of Harry Potter (which is embarrassing). A website for the dangerously
obsessive; my natural home. Recently, Rowling has filed a lawsuit against Vander
Ark to be heard in a New York
court on 14
April 2008.
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/index-2.html