J.K. Rowling is a very well known British author. Her maiden name was Joanne Rowling. The “K” in J. K. Rowling stands for Kathleen which was the name of her grandmother. Joanne was born July 31st, 1965, in Yate, United Kingdom. Joanne had one younger sister named Dianne Rowling. She was born about a year after Joanne. J. K. is now a multimillion dollar author of very popular books such as the Harry Potter series.
J.K. Rowling was born to Anne Rowling and Peter James Rowling. James was aRolls-Royce aircraft engineer. Anne was a science technician. When Joanne was young she would write fantasy stories so she could read them to her younger sister at night. As a kid, Rowling went to St Michael's primary school. The headmaster at the school was the main inspiration for Albus Dumbledore in her Harry Potter books. As a teenager, Rowling was unhappy with her life. Her mother was sick with multiple sclerosis, and she did not get along well with her father.
As an adult Rowling moved to Porto, Portugal to teach English. While teaching during the night and writing during the day, Rowling began working on what is now
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Rowling typed it all on an old manual typewriter. The book was sent to twelve different publishers, and all twelve rejected it. About a year later, a publisher gave her a chance and published the book. Much of the book being published was due to the publisher’s daughter. She was given the first chapter to read and fell in love and wanted more. Rowling was told to get a job because she was not expected to make much from writing children books. 1,000 copies were printed and half of them went to libraries. Now those copies are worth up to $25,000! The book went on to win a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the British Book Award for Children’s Book of the Year. In 1998 the rights to the book were bought by Scholastic Inc for $105,000. When Rowling heard the news she “nearly