J. K. Rowling is
the author and creator of the popular series Harry Potter. The series has seven
published books. Rowling rose to popularity when a movie series was also
produced based on her novels.
Joanne K.
Rowling was born in Gloucestershire, England on July 31, 1965. Rowling earned
her Bachelors in French and Classic from the University of Exeter. Her first
employment was with Amnesty International
where she worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary.
In 1990, the
idea of creating Harry Potter came to her while she was in Manchester waiting
for a train to London. When she reached London, she started writing. She moved
to Edinburgh, Scotland after she and her husband for one and a half years
divorced. She was unemployed and relied heavily on state support for her
living. During this time, she did most of Harry Potter series.
The first book
in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was finished in 1995.
Bryony Evans of the Christopher Little Literary Agents became her agent for the
book. The book was submitted to twelve publishers, and all twelve rejected to
publish the book. A small publisher named Bloomsbury accepted to publish the
book one year after the first attempt.
The book was
first sold in the US in 1998 with the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone”. The US version was published through Scholastic because Bloomsbury did
not have an office in the US.
The rights for
the filming of the book were acquired in 1998. The first movie in the series
was released in 2001. All the
seven books in the Harry Potter series were eventually filmed.
The books gave
Rowling her fortunes to become one of the richest writers in the world. Rowling
has been active in many charitable events. Her most favorite philanthropic
activities included those that focus on single-parent families, children and
researches on multiple sclerosis.
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