The magic of J.K. Rowling hasn't ceased as the author is set to receive the 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award from the free-speech organization PEN American Center.

According to a report from the NPR, the association picked Rowling as the recipient of the award for her free speech advocacy as well as her support for numerous social and medical issues through her non-profit organizations Volant and Lumos.

In an official statement, PEN American President Andrew Solomon praised the beloved author saying, "Through her writing, Rowling engenders imagination, empathy, humor, and a love of reading, along the way revealing moral choices that help us better understand ourselves. Through their experiences with Rowling both on and off the page, countless children have learned not only the power of speaking their own minds, but the critical importance of hearing others."

Rowling's "Harry Potter" garnered great success worldwide, but it has also been subject to much criticism. In 2006, the American Library Association (ALA) chose the "Harry Potter" series as the most challenged book of the 21st century, according to an official release on the ALA website.

"I'm deeply honored to receive this award and humbled that my work has been recognized as having moral value by an organization I so admire," Rowling said in a statement to Associated Press. "I've long been a supporter of PEN, which does invaluable work on behalf of imprisoned writers and in defense of freedom of speech."

The author will be presented the award during the PEN American Center's annual spring gala on May 16. Alongside Rowling, Hatchette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch will also be honored by the organization. He heads the publishing group of novels written by Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Pietsch also partners with PEN in fighting against censorship in China.

Other writers who have received the award in the past are Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison and Margaret Atwood.

While the seven-book series closed in 2007, "Harry Potter" continues to be in the psyche of children and adults worldwide as evidenced by the impressive figures from a report in Yahoo! Finance. A renewed interest in the franchise emerged in the upcoming film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," the announcement of a new play called "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" and special illustrations used for the movie adaptations.

From "Harry Potter" book sales of 800,000 a year in 2012 to 2014, the figures shot up to 1.34 million copies sold in 2015, data from Nielsen Bookscan reported.