One major reason why Harry Potter appeals to me so much is that it's set in a boarding school. I don't actually care all that much about the whole Voldemort conflict - I'd happily watch a never-ending Harry Potter series about his adventures at school! Kinda like "Little House on the Prairie", but in wizard Britain.

I looked up Elizabeth M Brent-Dyer, but the name doesn't ring a bell and there isn't a German Wiki page, either. Probably not at all known here :-(