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How she looks like?
J.K. Rowling was born in Yate,England on 31 July 1965.Now she has 57
years old. She has 3 children and her occupation is to be a writer.
Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for
Amnesty International in 1990 when she conceived the idea for the
Harry Potter series while on a delayed train from Manchester to
London. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her
mother, the birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband, and
relative poverty until the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone, was published in 1997. Six sequels followed, and
by 2008, Forbes had named her the world's highest-paid author
Joanne Rowling was born on 31 July 1965 at Cottage Hospital in Yate,
Gloucestershire to a middle-class family. Her parents Anne and Peter
James Rowling had met the previous year on a train, sharing a trip from
King's Cross station, London, to their naval postings at Arbroath,
Scotland. Anne was with the Wrens and Pete was with the Royal Navy.
Pete was the son of a machine-tool setter who later opened a grocery
shop. They left the navy life and sought a country home to raise the
baby they were expecting, and married on 14 March 1965when both
were 19 .The Rowlings settled in Yate , where Pete started work as an
assembly-line production worker at the Bristol Siddeley factory. The
company became part of Rolls-Royce, and he worked his way into
management as a chartered engineer. Anne later worked as a science
technician. Neither Anne nor Pete attended university.
 Harry Potter
Rowling concluded the Harry Potter series with Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows (2007). The novels follow a boy called Harry Potter as
he attends Hogwarts (a school for wizards), and battles Lord Voldemort.
Death and the divide between good and evil are the central themes of
the series. Its influences include Bildungsroman (the coming-of-age
genre), school stories, fairy tales, and Christian allegory. The series
revived fantasy as a genre in the children's market, spawned a host of
imitators, and inspired an active fandom. Critical reception has been
more mixed. Many reviewers see Rowling's writing as conventional;
some regard her portrayal of gender and social division as regressive.
There were also religious debates over Harry Potter.
Rowling completed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in June
1995. The initial draft included an illustration of Harry by a fireplace,
showing a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.Following an
enthusiastic report from an early reader,Christopher Little Literary
Agency. agreed to represent Rowling. Her manuscript was submitted to
twelve publishers, all of which rejected it.Barry Cunningham, who ran
the children's literature department at Bloomsbury Publishing. bought
it,after Nigel Newton, who headed Bloomsbury at the time, saw his
eight-year-old daughter finish one chapter and want to keep
reading.Rowling recalls Cunningham telling her, "You'll never make any
money out of children's books, Jo." Rowling was awarded a writer's
grant by the Scottish Arts Councilto support her childcare costs and
finances before Philosopher's Stone's publication, and to aid in writing
the sequel, Chamber of Secrets.On 26 June 1997, Bloomsbury published
Philosopher's Stone with an initial print run of 5,650 copies.Before
Chamber of Secrets was published, Rowling had received £2,800
($4,200) in royalties.
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Did you know?
J.K.Rowling is a single mother.She divorced her husband on 10 August
1994 .
Rowling wanted to finish the book before enrolling in a teacher training
course, fearing she might not be able to finish once she started the
course. She often wrote in cafés, including Nicolson's, part-owned by
her brother-in-law. Secretarial work brought in £15 ($22.50) per week,
but she would lose government benefits if she earned more .In mid-
1995, a friend gave her money that allowed her to come off benefits
and enroll full-time in college. Still needing money and expecting to
make a living by teaching, Rowling began a teacher training course in
August 1995 at Moray House School of Education after completing her
first novel.
the books written by her
My opinion
In my opinion, she is a powerful wirter and women who has gone
through life with good and bad.
Even if the books writes are not to my favorite,they are worth reading.
J.K.Rowling was very successful in the world of literature.
Biography:wikipedia