Harry James Potter is the protagonist of a series of novels by English writer JK Rowling. On his eleventh birthday, Harry learns that he is a wizard and is destined for a place at the Hogwarts School of Wizardry, where he will practice magic under the guidance of headmaster Albus Dumbledore and other school professors. Harry also discovers that he is already known throughout the magical community of the novel, and that his fate is connected with the fate of Voldemort, a dangerous dark magician.