J.K. Rowling Research Paper
Today J.K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children. (J.K.Rowling.com
LWF
In 1983, Rowling gradudated from Weydean Comprehensive (Peterson-Hillque 31)
Life Before Fame
Rowling does not plan on continuing the Harry Potter series. But is not completely sure she is finished. (www.bioagraphy.com/people/jk-rowling)
Life While famous
In 1993 her daughter Jessica was born. Less than a year later she was seperated from her husband. Next Rowling moved to Edinburgh to live with her sister. (Peterson- Hillque 44)
Life before Fame
In 2000 Rowling got her honoary Doctorate from Exeter Univercity. (Peterson-Hillque 70)
Life before Fame
Rowling found a job teaching Eniglish in Portugal. There she lived with 2 other teachers, Kiely Irland and Jill Prewitt. Her book " Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban" is dedicated to them. (Peterson-Hillque 43)
Life before Fame
Rowling always new she wanted to be a writer. She was on a delayed train ride from Manchester to London, when she began to think of ideas for her magical series. So she quickly wrote them down on a napkins. (http://www.biography.com/people/jk-rowling-40998#synopsis)
Life before Fame.
Dianne's husband opened up a coffee shop called "Nickolson's Cafe." Rowling used it as her writing studio. She would sit in there for hours writing and drinking coffee. There she thought of the ideas to put together the story of a boy, and get the attention of so many readers. (Peterson- Hilleque 8)
Life before fame
In 1994, J.k Rowling was walking down the street in Edinburgh, Scotland, whith her her young daughter, Jessica. She was on her way to work on her book. She had moved to Edinburgh a year ago, when her sister, Dianne, seperated with her husband. Rowling could not fiind a job, she barly had enough money to get by. (Peterson-Hilleque 6-7)
Life before fame
Next Rowling Attended The Univercity of Exeter from 1983 to 1987. There she earned her Bachelor's degree in French and classics. (Peterson- Hillque 30)
Life before fame
Rowling graduated from Exeter University and moved to moved Portugal. There she married a journalist named, Jorge Arantes ( www.bioagraphy.com/people/jk-rowling)
Life before fame
When her third year at Execter came, she when to Paris to teach english. (Compson 23-24)
Life before fame
"Rabbitt and Miss Bee" was the first book that Rowling ever wrote. She was 6 while writing it. The book was about a rabbitt that had the measles and was friends whith Miss Bee. (Peterson- Hillque 16)
Life before fame.
Next Rowling decided to become a teacher in Scotland, just so she had something to fall back on if her writing career did not work. She got a grant from the Scottish Office of Education, so she could support herself and her daughter, while being a full-time student. (Peterson- Hillque 8-9)
Life before fame.
Rowling remarried, Neil Murry, on December 26, 2001. (Peterson-Hillque 72-73)
Life while famous
Today Rowling is Britians 13th most wealthiest woman. www.biography.com says " she is even more wealthier than the queen. (www.bioagraphy.com/people/jk-rowling)
Life while famous
"Harry Potter and Prisioner of Azkaban" won Author of the year andBritish Book Awards. (Compson 92)
Awards
Her second and third book won "Nestle Smaties Book"and "The Prize Gold Award." Book 2 won "British Children's Book of the Year" and many others. (Peterson- Hillque 67)
Awards
Her mother's name is Anne Rowling. Her father's name is Peter Rowling.(www.cnn.com)
Family background
A list of the books in the series are " 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 Oder of Phoenix " " Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows", which was made into 2 movies because it was so long.
Career
April 16, 2012, Rowling says she is writing a Harry Potter encyclopedia and opens up Pottermore.com (J.K Rowling.com)
Career
By the time summer hit in 2000 "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" were all best sellers. (www.bioagraphy.com/people/jk-rowling)
Career
Her first fan letter she recived from Franscescara Gray, began with "Dear Sir," Since she wrote under "J.K. Rowling. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9564894/JK-Rowling-10-facts-about-the-writer.html)
Career
In 1998, She annouced that "Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone" would be made into a movie. (Peterson-Hillque 62)
Career
In March 2001 "Quidditch Through the Ages" is released. )(www.cnn.com)
Career
Rowling had clinical depression, and says " That is what inspirded her to make the dementors (Ghostly creatures the steal and feed off of other happiness) in her books. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9564894/JK-Rowling-10-facts-about-the-writer.html)
Career
Rowling liked the movies "Little Princess" and "The secret Garden". So she decided to work with Warner bros. (Peterson-Hillque62)
Career
Rowling said that she created Voldemort based off the trait of Adolf Hiler. Both Hitler and Voldemort are racist. For exmaple Hitler believed that Jews should be killed and Voldemort beileved that Muggles (Non- magical humans) should be killed too. (Peterson-Hillque 27)
Career
Rowling went from barley getting by with state benefits, to becoming a mluti-millioniare in just 5 years. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9564894/JK-Rowling-10-facts-about-the-writer.html)
Career
Rowling wrote her first crime/mystery novel in 2014 called "The Cuckoo's Calling" (J.K Rowling.com)
Career
Rowling wrote under the pen name J.K. Rowling for fear people would not like her books. (Compson 80)
Career
Rowling's last book " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows " was the fastest selling book ever. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Career
The 7th book "Harry Potter and the Dealthly Hollows" sold 8.3 million copies in 24 hours. (www.cnn.com)
Career
The caracter "Hermonine" in Rowling's books was based on Rowling when she was child. (Peterson-Hillque 18)
Career
They estimated that Rowling is worth $1 billion. (www.cnn.com)
Career
She says the C.S. Leiwis's "The Cronicles of Narnia" and Elizabeth Gouge's "The Little White House" inspired her writing. (Peterson- Hillque 20)
Career (Insparation)
On July 31, 1965, J.k. Rowling was born. She was born in Yate, England. She lived there for a lived there for little while before moving to Nicholls Lane. Her father, Peter, worked Bristol Factories. One of her new neighbos's last name was Potter. Her family were close friends with the Potters. (Peterson-Hillque 14-15)
Childhood
Yate the city Rowling was born in is just a few miles away from Bristol where Harry aunt and uncle live in her books. (www.imdb.com/name/nm0746830/bio)
Childhood.
At a young age Rowling's mother was diagnosed with a diease called mutliple sclerosis. She died at age 45. http://www.jkrowling.com/en_GB/#/timeline/anne-rowling/)
Childhood/ Family
Rowling has insomnia(inability to sleep), also. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9564894/JK-Rowling-10-facts-about-the-writer.html)
Facts about Rowling
She has three children, Jessica Arantes, David Murray, and Mackenzie Murray. (J.K.Rowling.com )
Family Background
Her full name is Joanne Rowling. But she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling. She has no middle name. But the K stands for Kathleen, which was her grandma's name. (www.bioagraphy.com/people/jk-rowling)
Family Backround.
Rowling was rejected by 12 publishers before a small publisher Bloombury gave her a chance. The series then became the best selling series in history. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9564894/JK-Rowling-10-facts-about-the-writer.html)
Novel that elavated the author into fame
"Harry Potter and the Socercer's Stone" book 1 in the series was a best seller. Tons of people waited anxiously for the next books to be published. J.K. Rowling continued the series and became famous, her books were soon made in to popular movies. She now never had to worry about money. By the time book 7 was published she had married agian and had 2 more kids. (Peterson-Hillque 12-13)
Novel that elavated the author into fame.
Her first book "Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone" or in America known as "Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone" took Rowling 5 years to complete. (Peterson- Hillque 11)
Novel that elavated the author into fame.
