Career
Anelli's work at The Leaky Cauldron was voluntary. During the day, she worked to support herself. In 2001, Anelli began working at MTV Networks' Pages Online, a magazine for the entertainment industry. By 2004, she had become a full-time reporter for the Staten Island Advance. Anelli is now a freelance journalist based in New York City.
Her first book, Harry, A History was released in early November 2008 and debuted at #18 on the New York Times Best Seller List. It tells the story of the Harry Potter phenomenon through a superfan's eyes. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling wrote the foreword.
Tim Cornwell in The Scotsman explains that "the book captures the flavour of Pottermania, where fans' e-mails fly...with the latest breathless news of the writer and her progeny." Another review in the same paper, by Ernie Waters, says, "Anelli unravels what lies beneath the Harry Potter phenomenon and how it feels to be so wrapped up in the mystical world. ...Crammed with details and facts, from Harry Potter's struggles with Voldemort through to Rowling's personal life as she developed her adored characters, this is a heartfelt, well-written book by a true insider. ...It tries, and largely succeeds, to explain just what it is about the boy wizard which inspires such deep-seated devotion."
At present, Anelli is working on a second book, the details of which she is loath to reveal until she is sure that she can finish it.
Anelli previously helped launch Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's new interactive website Pottermore, for a period of about two years. Working in secret in England, she was a creative director helping to develop the site.
Anelli is working to develop her second book, which the release date is yet unknown.
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