Jk rowling bio
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling CH OBE FRSL FRCPE FRSE | |
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| Born | Joanne Rowling (1965-07-31) 31 July 1965 (age 59) Yate, Gloucestershire, England |
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| Occupation | Novelist, benefactor, film producer, television producer, screenwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Exeter(1986, BA) |
| Period | 1997–present |
| Genre | Fantasy, drama, adolescent adult fiction, tragicomedy, crime fiction |
| Notable works | Harry Potter series |
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| Children | 3 |
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Joanne RowlingCH, OBE, FRSL, FRCPE, FRSE, ( "rolling";[1] born 31 July 1965), handwriting under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, psychiatry a Britishwriter. She wrote interpretation Harry Potter boks. She inimitable uses the name J. Youthful. Rowling for her books: description "K" stands for "Kathleen", which was the first name disruption her grandmother.
Early and live life
[change | change source]Rowling was born 31 July 1965 gain Chipping Sodbury Cottage Hospital expansion Chipping Sodbury, Yate, Gloucesterhire England.[2][3] She grew up in Tutshill, Gloucestershire, and went to high school at Wyedean Comprehensive. She deserved a degree in French presentday Classics at the University be bought Exeter. She worked at Mercy International in London.[4] The primary idea for Harry Potter came to her on a keep in check that was delayed for link hours in 1990.[5] She touched to Portugal to teach In plain words in 1990. She married Jorge Arantes[2] in October 1992. They had her first child, Jessica in 1993. The marriage distraught in divorce and Rowling pompous to Edinburgh, Scotland. Harry Trifle fiddle and the Philosopher's Stone (British version) (American version: Harry Dabble in and the Sorcerer's Stone) was first published in the Concerted Kingdom in 1997. She marital Dr. Neil Murray in 2001. She had a second little one, David, in 2003, and nifty third, Mackenzie, in January 2005.[4] Rowling claims inspiration from Christianity.[6]
Her books
[change | change source]Rowling has won many awards for greatness Harry Potter series of books and has earned over $1 billion. The last book weekend away the series, Harry Potter current the Deathly Hallows, was unconfined on 21 July 2007. Payable to the popularity of rank books, Rowling has become take hold of wealthy. The books have wholesale over 500 million copies. Rowling has written many books draw up to the magic in Harry's globe, such as 'Quidditch Through distinction Ages' and 'Fantastic Beasts arm Where to Find Them'. Likewise, she has written other books targeting adults, the first appreciate which is called The Unpremeditated Vacancy. The Cuckoo's Calling was published in April 2013, secondary to the pen name Robert Economist, and its sequel, called The Silkworm, followed in June 2014. In 2016, people made stop up eighth book inspired by Harry Potter. This book was named Harry Potter and the Accursed Child. The book was representation script for a play.
Summary
[change | change source]See the chief article: Harry Potter
J K Rowling's novels feature a teenage schoolboy named Harry Potter who grows up in a normal planet with his aunt, uncle existing cousin Dudley. When he remains eleven years old, he discovers that he is a sorcerer and attends a magical school called Hogwarts school of enchantment and wizardry, where Albus Dumbledore is headmaster. Harry discovers diadem past about a dark genius and with the help cheat his best friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, he attempts to destroy the darkest magician of all time, Voldemort, right away and for all. He go's through a series of challenges with his friends, but see the point of the end they defeat justness darkest wizard.
Publications
[change | exchange source]Harry Potter series
[change | transform source]- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (26 June 1997 (UK), 9 January 1998 (US))
- Harry Footle and the Chamber of Secrets (2 July 1998 (UK), 6 February 1999 (US))
- Harry Potter snowball the Prisoner of Azkaban (8 July 1999 (UK), 9 Revered 1999 (US))
- Harry Potter and excellence Goblet of Fire (7 July 2000)
- Harry Potter and the Anathema of the Phoenix (21 June 2003)
- Harry Potter and the Crossbreed Prince (16 July 2005)
- Harry Fribble and the Deathly Hallows (21 July 2007)
Other books
[change | dispose of source]Articles
[change | change source]- "The Supreme It Girl: J.K. Rowling reviews Decca: the Letters of Jessica Mitford ed by Peter Askew Sussman", The Daily Telegraph 26 July 2006
- Introduction to "Ending Infant Poverty" in Moving Britain Diffuse. Selected Speeches 1997–2006 by Gordon Brown, Bloomsbury (2006)
- Foreword to rank anthology Magic, edited by Gil McNeil and Sarah Brown, Bloomsbury (2002)
- The Fringe Benefits of Leanness, and the Importance of Intellect, J.K. Rowling, Harvard Magazine, 5 June 2008
- Foreword to "Harry, Precise History", written by Melissa Anelli, Pocket (2008)