J.K Rowling is wealthier than the queen of England but she certainly was not always this way. Joanne Rowling was born in Yate, England on July 31st, 1965. After high school she graduated from Exeter University. Later on her mother passed away and Rowling needed to escape. Nine months later she started teaching in Portugal. While living in Portugal she met a reporter and they got married. The marriage did not work, but she was given a daughter. Soon after, Rowling and her daughter moved to Edinburg to be closer to her younger sister. At this time Rowling felt like she was at rock bottom, recently divorced and a single mother living on welfare. She was clinically depressed and the only thing keeping her from killing herself was her daughter. When Rowling was 25 years old she lost her mother to a ten year battle with Multiple Sclerosis and this shattered her. The death of her mother greatly impacted her life and her writing. Nine months later she was still devastated by her mother’s death and wanting to escape, she moved to Portugal for a teaching position. This marked the beginning of a tremendously dark time in Rowling’s life. While living in Portugal she …show more content…
J.K. Rowling has also received countless honors and awards, including: Author of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award, British Book Awards, 1999 and 2008, Booksellers Association Author of the Year, 1998 and 1999, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Denmark, 2010 and several more. Rowling now also supports many charities such as Lumos, a charity she co-found that is working to improve the living situations of children across Europe, and she donated 10 million pounds to build the Anne Rowling neurological clinic meant to help people with Multiple Sclerosis. She also supports the MS society of Scotland and is the president of Gingerbread, a charity helping single parent families. Rowling has lost her billionaire status due to her charitable