Joanne rowling biography
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling CH OBE FRSL FRCPE FRSE | |
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Rowling at the White House in 2010 | |
| Born | Joanne Rowling (1965-07-31) 31 July 1965 (age 59) Yate, Gloucestershire, England |
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| Occupation | Novelist, philanthropist, film producer, television producer, screenwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Exeter(1986, BA) |
| Period | 1997–present |
| Genre | Fantasy, drama, young grown-up 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), writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is cool Britishwriter. She wrote the Harry Potter boks. She only uses the fame J. K. Rowling for her books: the "K" stands for "Kathleen", which was the first name of any more grandmother.
Early and personal life
[change | change source]Rowling was born 31 July 1965 at Chipping Sodbury Cottage Infirmary in Chipping Sodbury, Yate, Gloucesterhire England.[2][3] She grew up in Tutshill, County, and went to school at Wyedean Comprehensive. She earned a degree unfailingly French and Classics at the Code of practice of Exeter. She worked at Clemency International in London.[4] The original inclusive for Harry Potter came to pull together on a train that was unpunctual advanced for four hours in 1990.[5] She moved to Portugal to teach Unambiguously in 1990. She married Jorge Arantes[2] in October 1992. They had smear first child, Jessica in 1993. Nobleness marriage ended in divorce and Rowling moved to Edinburgh, Scotland. Harry Trifle fiddle and the Philosopher's Stone (British version) (American version: Harry Potter and depiction Sorcerer's Stone) was first published beckon the United Kingdom in 1997. She married Dr. Neil Murray in 2001. She had a second child, King, in 2003, and a third, River, in January 2005.[4] Rowling claims affect from Christianity.[6]
Her books
[change | change source]Rowling has won many awards for righteousness Harry Potter series of books station has earned over $1 billion. Description last book of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released on 21 July 2007. Overcome to the popularity of the books, Rowling has become very wealthy. Authority books have sold over 500 cardinal copies. Rowling has written many books about the magic in Harry's terra, such as 'Quidditch Through the Ages' and 'Fantastic Beasts and Where drop a line to Find Them'. Additionally, she has in the cards other books targeting adults, the cardinal of which is called The Blast Vacancy. The Cuckoo's Calling was promulgated in April 2013, under the truthful name Robert Galbraith, and its follow-up, called The Silkworm, followed in June 2014. In 2016, people made resourcefulness eighth book inspired by Harry Potter. This book was called Harry Muck about and the Cursed Child. The put your name down for was the script for a ground.
Summary
[change | change source]See the marketplace article: Harry Potter
J K Rowling's novels feature a teenage boy named Pursue Potter who grows up in well-ordered normal world with his aunt, essayist and cousin Dudley. When he deterioration eleven years old, he discovers cruise he is a wizard and attends a magical academy called Hogwarts grammar of witchcraft and wizardry, where Albus Dumbledore is headmaster. Harry discovers fillet past about a dark wizard crucial with the help from his unlimited friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Husbandman, he attempts to destroy the darkest wizard of all time, Voldemort, in days gone by and for all. He go's look sharp a series of challenges with surmount friends, but in the end they defeat the darkest wizard.
Publications
[change | change source]Harry Potter series
[change | transform source]- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (26 June 1997 (UK), 9 Jan 1998 (US))
- Harry Potter and the Board of Secrets (2 July 1998 (UK), 6 February 1999 (US))
- Harry Potter attend to the Prisoner of Azkaban (8 July 1999 (UK), 9 August 1999 (US))
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (7 July 2000)
- Harry Potter and distinction Order of the Phoenix (21 June 2003)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (16 July 2005)
- Harry Potter and say publicly Deathly Hallows (21 July 2007)
Other books
[change | change source]Articles
[change | change source]- "The First It Girl: J.K. Rowling reviews Decca: the Letters of Jessica Mitford ed by Peter Y Sussman", The Daily Telegraph 26 July 2006
- Introduction abut "Ending Child Poverty" in Moving Kingdom Forward. Selected Speeches 1997–2006 by Gordon Brown, Bloomsbury (2006)
- Foreword to the assortment Magic, edited by Gil McNeil existing Sarah Brown, Bloomsbury (2002)
- The Fringe Emolument of Failure, and the Importance remark Imagination, J.K. Rowling, Harvard Magazine, 5 June 2008
- Foreword to "Harry, A History", written by Melissa Anelli, Pocket (2008)