J.K. Rowling

Joanne Katheleen Rowling was born on July 31st, 1965 in Chippiing Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England. Joanne has one younger sister names Di. At 5 or 6 years old Rowling wrote "Rabbit". Growing uo Rowling was a bashfil, freckly, unatheletic girl, with a very strong passion for literature. She graduated from Wyedean Comprehensive, and also attended Exeter Universuty to study French to become a bilingual secretary. She was nor a succesful secretary, for example, she writes short storys during meetings and does not pay any attention. "It was in 1990, that J.K. Rowling first thought of the idea for a book named Harry Potter" - Betty Jinmenez. When arriving in Manchester she began writing right away. Although it took several years before completion of the novel Rowling kept on writing. In December 1990 Rowling had lost her mother to Multiple Sclerosis. "The loss of her mother was reflected in her novel of Harry Potter and the loss of his mother" - R Pettinger. With her first husband Rowling had concieved a daughter named Jessica. After a couple of years the couple had divided over a arguement, so Rowling had no choice but to move to England and now lives in Scotland with her 3 children, and new husband Neil Murray.











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