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The Harry Potter Lexicon Timeline
The Harry Potter Lexicon is created
The site is initially intended as a collection of references for users of the “Harry Potter for Grown Ups” online discussion group. Steve Vander Ark is the site’s only staff member for three years until the publication of Order of the Phoenix, when the sheer amount of new material makes… Read MoreThe Leaky Cauldron debuts
It appears online shortly before the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Read MoreHarry Potter for Grown-Ups is founded
The online group now has over 20,000 members and is well past its 150,000th post. Read MoreSteve Vander Ark appears on the Today show
He appears shortly after the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Read MoreLexicon receives Fan Site Award from JKRowling.com
J.K. Rowling awards the Lexicon her Fan Site Award, saying 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… Read More"In Search of Harry Potter" published
Steve publishes his book, In Search of Harry Potter, a book about Steve’s adventures in the UK looking for the locations mentioned in the Harry Potter canon. Read MoreHarry Potter Lexicon Podcast Launched
Steve releases the first episode of the Harry Potter Lexicon Podcast. Read More