J. K. Rowling
31 July 1965 – present
J. K. Rowling is a British writer, best known as the author of the Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels published between 1997 and 2007. She conceived the story in 1990 and wrote much of the first book in Edinburgh; the series became one of the best-selling in publishing history and was adapted into a film franchise. She also writes crime fiction under the pen name Robert Galbraith.
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Life events
Born Joanne Rowling and raised in Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgStudied French and classics, including a year in Paris.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBy her account the idea came to her during a delayed train journey from Manchester to London.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTaught English as a foreign language in Porto while continuing to write.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe marriage to the Portuguese journalist produced a daughter, Jessica, and ended in divorce in 1995.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReturned to Britain with her infant daughter and completed the first Harry Potter novel while living on state benefits.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBloomsbury issued the first novel in a print run of about 500 copies.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried the Scottish doctor in Perthshire; they have two children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe seventh and final novel was published in July 2007.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe crime novel appeared under a pen name whose authorship was revealed a few months later.
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