Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

　　新學期還未開始，魔法界就籠罩在一片風聲鶴唳之中，連魔法部部長都換了人！但蠢蠢欲動的佛地魔和食死人到底設下了什麼陰謀？鄧不利多為何一再帶哈利波特觀看儲思盆裡的記憶？而讓哈利成為魔藥學天才的『混血王子』，到底又隱藏著什麼神秘企圖？升上六年級的哈利，終於發現自己要面對的不只是『責任』而已。

As the Harry Potter series draws to a close, Harry’s greatest adventure yet is just beginning . . . and it arrives in paperback July 25, 2006.

The war against Voldemort is not going well; even the Muggles have been affected. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet . . . As with all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Harry receives some extraordinary help in Potions from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. And with Dumbledore’s guidance, he seeks out the full, complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort -- and thus finds what may be his only vulnerability.

作者簡介

J.K. 羅琳( J.K. Rowling)

　　全世界最會說故事的魔法媽媽 J.K.羅琳一九九○年，二十四歲的羅琳，坐在前往倫敦的誤點火車上，『哈利波特』咻地闖進了她的生命。透過車窗，彷彿看見了一個黑髮瘦弱、戴著眼鏡的小巫師在對她微笑。十年後，『哈利波特』成了風靡全球的童話人物。

　　從小就喜歡寫作的羅琳，是個單親媽媽，因為找不到工作，只能靠著微薄的失業救濟金養活自已和女兒。為了逃離又小又冷的房間，她總是窩在住家附近的尼可森咖啡館裡寫作；因為沒錢點餐，所以每次只點上一杯卡布奇諾，一字一字的寫下『哈利波特』的故事。

　　結果，《哈利波特》才一出版，便以驚人的魔力風靡全球，羅琳在一夕之間，就從不為人知的貧單親媽媽，一躍成為蜚聲國際的暢銷作家。《哈利波特》在全世界所折起閱讀風潮，更被譽為『文學界的披頭四狂熱』。羅琳說，《哈利波特》是一本會帶給她快樂的書，顯然毫無疑問的，對讀者來說也是一樣。

本書中譯本《哈利波特(6)：混血王子的背叛》由皇冠出版。

J.K. Rowling is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She also wrote three short series companion volumes for charity, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which later became the inspiration for a new series of films. Harry’s story as a grown-up was later continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany.

In 2020, she returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, which she initially published for free online for children in lockdown, later donating all her book royalties to help vulnerable groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honors for her writing, including for her detective series written under the name Robert Galbraith. She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of the children’s care reform charity Lumos.

For as long as she can remember, J.K. Rowling wanted to be a writer, and is at her happiest in a room, making things up. She lives in Scotland with her family.