Biography

Who Is J.K. Rowling?

Joanne Rowling, who goes by the pen name 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 450 million copies and was adapted into a blockbuster film franchise.
Rowling was living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and struggling to get by as a single mom before her first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, was published in 1997. The children's fantasy novel became an international hit and Rowling became an international literary sensation in 1999 when the first three installments of Harry Potter took over the top three slots of The New York Times best-seller list after achieving similar success in her native United Kingdom.
Rowling published the novel The Casual Vacancy in 2012, followed by the crime novel Cuckoo Calling under the pen name Robert Galbraith in 2013. In 2016, she released a play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and a movie, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. In 2017, she released Harry Potter: A History of Magic for an exhibition at the British Library to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publishing of her first novel.

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 occurred to her while she was traveling on a train from Manchester to London in 1990.

J.K. Rowling’s Husband and Children

On December 26, 2001, Rowling married anesthetist Dr. Neil Murray at the couple's home in Scotland. They have two children together, David (born in 2003) and Mackenzie (born in 2005). Rowling has one child, Jessica (born 1993), from her previous marriage.

J.K. Rowling's Books

'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone'

'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'

'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'

'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'

'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'

'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'

'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'

'The Casual Vacancy'

'Cuckoo Calling,' 'The Silkworm,' 'Career of Evil,' and 'Lethal White'

'Very Good Lives' (Rowling’s Harvard commencement speech)

Why she can be my inspiration ?

 JK Rowling is inspirational writer because she encourages children,create a strong role model for women and share her imagination and generousitywith growing teen and charities.

source : https://www.biography.com/writer/jk-rowling

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