Jk Rowling Research Paper

J.K. Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, in Yate, England (J.K. Rowling). She was born to James and Anne Rowling and she was born with the name Joanne Rowling though her nickname was Jo (Pollack, Belviso 15). Joanne had a little sister named Dianne Rowling who was about 2 years apart from her (Pollack, Belviso 16). Jo loved writing from an early age, in fact, when she was about 5 she wrote her first book called “Rabbit”, it was about a rabbit with measles (Eby). “Jo’s first day at Tutshill Church of England school in September 1974 was not a success. She scored only half a mark out of ten in a test that led to her being positioned on the less intellectual side of the class (Eby). Though Rowling is actually very intellectual, some teachers of

Rowling). Even though Jo just wanted to write her book all the time, she couldn’t. She had to work to make enough money for Jessica and herself, she didn’t have enough money for Jessica to be watched, so she had to bring her along to work (J.K. Rowling). Jo did a lot of her writing at a little restaurant called “The Elephant House” in Edinburgh, some days she would stay in the back room of the restaurant all day with just one cup of coffee (How J.K. Rowling went). “Apart from the obvious trauma of losing a parent at a young age, Rowling regrets that her mother never knew she was writing Harry Potter.” (How J.K. Rowling went). J.K. Rowling worked very hard for a very long on her first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone (which when is was published in the states was changed to the name Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) and it was finally done. Rowling sent out her manuscript to many literary agents (How J.K. Rowling went). It was especially hard for Rowling because she could barely afford envelopes to put her manuscripts in, so if an author did not respond she would have to work very hard to get another (How J.K. Rowling went). Immediately, Jo started receiving rejection letters from many agents and was very upset but she had come so far and worked so hard that she couldn’t stop, she kept on sending letters because she knew her story

Rowling's Harry Potter go on to be published in the U.K. and become an instant bestseller, but it quickly made its way around the world. The book was translated into multiple languages” (How J.K. Rowling went). In the summer of 2000, the first three books had already made about 480 million dollars in three years (J.K. Rowling). Also in 2000, a new book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, got over 1.8 million pre-orders and the first printing had 5.3 million copies (J.K. Rowling). Within the first 24 hours of it being published, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, sold 6.9 million copies in the United States (J.K. Rowling). “the seventh and final installment in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was the largest ever pre-ordered book at Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores, and at Amazon.com.” (J.K. Rowling). The first Harry Potter movie was released in November 2001 and made over 93.5 million dollars and was the top-grossing movie of 2001 (J.K. Rowling). The next 7 movies were released in later years and the movies were definitely just as successful, maybe even more! Rowling is now Britain's 13th wealthiest women and is even richer than the queen of England (J.K. Rowling). Jo definitely does not need to get a day job