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J.K. Rowling

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Joanne Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol in England to Anne and Peter Rowling. Jo has one sister, Dianne, who is two years younger.

In Dec.1990 her mother passed away of multiple sclerosis. Jo left for Portugal nine months after her mother's death to teach English as a foreign language. She met her first husband there and they had a daughter, Jessica in 1993. The marriage didn't work out, and Jo moved back to England with her daughter around the Christmas of 1994.

The idea of "the boy who lived" first came to Jo while waiting on a train in 1990 just before her mother died. She had to keep dreaming and collecting thoughts in her head for a few hours before she finally got hold of a pen that worked!Her opinions on how harry should feel about his parents dying became allot deeper after the death of her own mother.It took a year and 12 turndowns before Jo finally got Bloomsbury Publishing to print 1000 copies of Philosopher's Stone (which took 6 years to write) in June of 1997. Her given name at birth was simply Joanne. When Bloomsbury asked her to use two initials rather than her first name (afraid that the target group of young boys wouldn't buy the first Harry Potter book if they knew the author was female), she chose K which was her grandmother Kathleen 's initial. In fall 1998, Scholastic published Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in the US, but changed the title to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Jo later said that she regretted not fighting the decision, but at that time she wasn't in the position to do so.

Jo married Dr. Neil Murray in December 2001. They had their first child together in 2003, son David Gordon, and in 2005, daughter Mackenzie Jean.

Jo finished the 7th and last Potter book Deathly Hallows early in 2007 and it was released July 21st 2007 and is still growing in popularity.

Jo has also recently written The Tales of Beedle and the Bard , which was the book given to Hermione by Dumbeldore in Deathly Hallows .Only 7 copies of the book were published and only one may be bought! The other 6 were given away as gifts. The 7th copy is to be auctioned to raise money for her charity, The Children's Voice.

Jo has won several awards and has been given many titles since the success of the first book and the Warner Bro's Movie adaptions. She remains a pleasant and witty person amongst all the fame and has been named the author of our time. We're all looking forward to whatever captures her pen next!

Favs

Color: green

Bands: The Smiths

Movies: The Fabulous Baker Boys and the Monty Python Movies

Books: (in adulthood) Any books by Jane Austen or Roddy Doyle (in childhood) Ballet Shoes By: Noel Streatfield, The Little White Horse By: Elizabeth Goudge, and Manx Mouse By: Paul Gallico.

Resources include : imdb.net and jkrowling.com