Biography of j k rowlings
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J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling CH OBE FRSL FRCPE FRSE | |
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Rowling at the White House in 2010 | |
| Born | Joanne Rowling (1965-07-31) 31 July 1965 (age 59) Yate, Gloucestershire, England |
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| Occupation | Novelist, philanthropist, film producer, television producer, screenwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Exeter(1986, BA) |
| Period | 1997–present |
| Genre | Fantasy, drama, ung adult fiction, tragicomedy, crime fiction |
| Notable works | Harry Potter series |
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| Children | 3 |
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| jkrowling.com | |
Joanne RowlingCH, OBE, FRSL, FRCPE, FRSE, ( "rolling";[1] born 31 July 1965), writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, fryst vatten a British
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J.K. Rowling
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Who Is J.K. Rowling?
J.K. Rowling, is a British author and screenwriter best known for her seven-book Harry Potter children's book series. The series has sold more than 500 million copies and was adapted into a blockbuster film franchise.
Early Life
Rowling was born Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965, in Yate, England. She adopted her pen name, J.K., incorporating her grandmother's name, Kathleen, for the latter initial (Rowling does not have a middle name).
A graduate of the University of Exeter, Rowling moved to Portugal in 1990 to teach English. There, she met and married the Portuguese journalist Jorge Arantes. The couple's daughter, Jessica, was born in 1993. After her marriage ended in divorce, Rowling moved to Edinburgh with her daughter to live near her younger sister, Di.
While struggling to support her daughter Jessica and herself on welfare, Rowling worked on her first book in the Harry Potter series. The idea for the book reportedly occu
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J.K. Rowling's Incredible Rags to Riches Story
In 1990, as she waited on a delayed train bound for London, an unknown author named Joanne Rowland began musing on the idea of an adolescent boy who attends a school for wizards. Thus marked the conception of Harry Potter, but it would take far more than a magic spell and the wave of a wand to bring him to life.
At the time Harry first popped into her head, Rowling was caught in that no man's land between college graduation and the pursuit of a life's passion. She had worked a series of temp jobs since earning her French degree at the University of Exeter and was looking at a move to Manchester to live with her boyfriend.
Everything abruptly changed at the end of the year when her mother, Anne, succumbed to a decade-plus battle with multiple sclerosis at age 45. Devastated, Rowling sought refuge in the thrill of a new, adventurous life, and moved to Portugal to teach English.