She finished writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1995. it took her 5 years. She found an agent that same.year (Christopher Little Literary Agency), they secured a publisher in 1996 (Bloomsbury), and it was published and in book stores in 1997.
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J.K. Rowling wrote the first book of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (renamed "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the US), in the early 1990s. The book was first published in 1997.
30th June 1997 was the UK release date. JK must have started it a while before this time.