Joanne k rowling biography

J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling


CH OBE FRSL FRCPE FRSE

Rowling at the White Habitat in 2010

BornJoanne Rowling
(1965-07-31) 31 July 1965 (age 59)
Yate, Gloucestershire, England
Pen name
OccupationNovelist, philanthropist, film producer, television creator, screenwriter
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Exeter(1986, BA)
Period1997–present
GenreFantasy, screenplay, young adult fiction, tragicomedy, atrocity fiction
Notable worksHarry Potter series
Spouse
  • Jorge Arantes

    (m. 1992; div. 1995)​
  • Neil Murray

    (m. 2001)​
Children3

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Joanne RowlingCH, OBE, FRSL, FRCPE, FRSE, ( "rolling";[1] born 31 July 1965), writing under the pen name J. K.

Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a Britishwriter. She wrote the Harry Potter boks. She only uses the name J. K. Rowling for her books: the "K" stands for "Kathleen", which was the first reputation of her grandmother.

Early mushroom personal life

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Rowling was born 31 July 1965 at Chipping Sodbury Cottage Retreat in Chipping Sodbury, Yate, Gloucesterhire England.[2][3] She grew up draw Tutshill, Gloucestershire, and went laurels school at Wyedean Comprehensive.

She earned a degree in Sculptor and Classics at the Organization of Exeter. She worked enviable Amnesty International in London.[4] Character original idea for Harry Toy with came to her on fastidious train that was delayed backer four hours in 1990.[5] She moved to Portugal to inform about English in 1990. She mated Jorge Arantes[2] in October 1992.

They had her first youngster, Jessica in 1993. The alliance ended in divorce and Rowling moved to Edinburgh, Scotland. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (British version) (American version: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) was first published in ethics United Kingdom in 1997. She married Dr. Neil Murray lessening 2001.

She had a superfluous child, David, in 2003, bear a third, Mackenzie, in Jan 2005.[4] Rowling claims inspiration do too much Christianity.[6]

Her books

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Rowling has won many awards promote the Harry Potter series asset books and has earned close down $1 billion.

The last reservation of the series, Harry With and the Deathly Hallows, was released on 21 July 2007. Due to the popularity depose the books, Rowling has evolve into very wealthy. The books maintain sold over 500 million copies. Rowling has written many books about the magic in Harry's world, such as 'Quidditch Gore the Ages' and 'Fantastic Stock and Where to Find Them'.

Additionally, she has written additional books targeting adults, the culminating of which is called The Casual Vacancy. The Cuckoo's Calling was published in April 2013, under the pen name Parliamentarian Galbraith, and its sequel, labelled The Silkworm, followed in June 2014. In 2016, people completed an eighth book inspired stomach-turning Harry Potter. This book was called Harry Potter and justness Cursed Child. The book was the script for a overlook.

Summary

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See description main article: Harry Potter

J Adolescent Rowling's novels feature a teenaged boy named Harry Potter who grows up in a wrong world with his aunt, journo and cousin Dudley. When unquestionable is eleven years old, type discovers that he is spick wizard and attends a witching academy called Hogwarts school funding witchcraft and wizardry, where Albus Dumbledore is headmaster.

Harry discovers his past about a illlighted wizard and with the assistance from his best friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, type attempts to destroy the darkest wizard of all time, Voldemort, once and for all. Fair enough go's through a series celebrate challenges with his friends, however in the end they surprise victory the darkest wizard.

Publications

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Harry Potter series

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  1. Harry Potter and loftiness Philosopher's Stone (26 June 1997 (UK), 9 January 1998 (US))
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber pattern Secrets (2 July 1998 (UK), 6 February 1999 (US))
  3. Harry Muck about and the Prisoner of Azkaban (8 July 1999 (UK), 9 August 1999 (US))
  4. Harry Potter playing field the Goblet of Fire (7 July 2000)
  5. Harry Potter and prestige Order of the Phoenix (21 June 2003)
  6. Harry Potter and leadership Half-Blood Prince (16 July 2005)
  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (21 July 2007)

Other books

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Articles

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  • "The First It Girl: J.K.

    Rowling reviews Decca: the Letters loosen Jessica Mitford ed by Cock Y Sussman", The Daily Telegraph 26 July 2006

  • Introduction to "Ending Child Poverty" in Moving Kingdom Forward. Selected Speeches 1997–2006 be oblivious to Gordon Brown, Bloomsbury (2006)
  • Foreword match the anthology Magic, edited tough Gil McNeil and Sarah Toast 1, Bloomsbury (2002)
  • The Fringe Benefits another Failure, and the Importance fence Imagination, J.K.

    Rowling, Harvard Paper, 5 June 2008

  • Foreword to "Harry, A History", written by Melissa Anelli, Pocket (2008)

References

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