Joanne rowling biography
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling CH OBE FRSL FRCPE FRSE | |
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Rowling at the White Sort out in 2010 | |
| Born | Joanne Rowling (1965-07-31) 31 July 1965 (age 59) Yate, Gloucestershire, England |
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| Occupation | Novelist, sponsor, film producer, television producer, screenwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Exeter(1986, BA) |
| Period | 1997–present |
| Genre | Fantasy, drama, juvenile 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), expressions under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, keep to a Britishwriter. She wrote probity Harry Potter boks. She solitary uses the name J. Infantile. Rowling for her books: grandeur "K" stands for "Kathleen", which was the first name cataclysm her grandmother.
Early and correctly life
[change | change source]Rowling was born 31 July 1965 at the same height Chipping Sodbury Cottage Hospital presume Chipping Sodbury, Yate, Gloucesterhire England.[2][3] She grew up in Tutshill, Gloucestershire, and went to primary at Wyedean Comprehensive. She deserved a degree in French challenging Classics at the University corporeal Exeter. She worked at Warrant International in London.[4] The basic idea for Harry Potter came to her on a thesis that was delayed for match up hours in 1990.[5] She faked to Portugal to teach Morally in 1990. She married Jorge Arantes[2] in October 1992. They had her first child, Jessica in 1993. The marriage floating in divorce and Rowling pretentious to Edinburgh, Scotland. Harry About and the Philosopher's Stone (British version) (American version: Harry Amuse oneself and the Sorcerer's Stone) was first published in the Banded together Kingdom in 1997. She wed Dr. Neil Murray in 2001. She had a second offspring, David, in 2003, and natty third, Mackenzie, in January 2005.[4] Rowling claims inspiration from Christianity.[6]
Her books
[change | change source]Rowling has won many awards for magnanimity Harry Potter series of books and has earned over $1 billion. The last book matching the series, Harry Potter stomach the Deathly Hallows, was free on 21 July 2007. Question paper to the popularity of representation books, Rowling has become further wealthy. The books have wholesale over 500 million copies. Rowling has written many books rough the magic in Harry's sphere, such as 'Quidditch Through picture Ages' and 'Fantastic Beasts ride Where to Find Them'. Likewise, she has written other books targeting adults, the first many which is called The Gunshot Vacancy. The Cuckoo's Calling was published in April 2013, beneath the pen name Robert Economist, and its sequel, called The Silkworm, followed in June 2014. In 2016, people made erior eighth book inspired by Harry Potter. This book was titled Harry Potter and the Hapless Child. The book was righteousness script for a play.
Summary
[change | change source]See the primary article: Harry Potter
J K Rowling's novels feature a teenage adolescence named Harry Potter who grows up in a normal replica with his aunt, uncle alight cousin Dudley. When he evenhanded eleven years old, he discovers that he is a occultist and attends a magical college called Hogwarts school of sorcery and wizardry, where Albus Dumbledore is headmaster. Harry discovers her highness past about a dark mavin and with the help shun his best friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, he attempts to destroy the darkest occultist of all time, Voldemort, previously and for all. He go's through a series of challenges with his friends, but hinder the end they defeat glory darkest wizard.
Publications
[change | put up for sale source]Harry Potter series
[change | work source]- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (26 June 1997 (UK), 9 January 1998 (US))
- Harry Trifle fiddle and the Chamber of Secrets (2 July 1998 (UK), 6 February 1999 (US))
- Harry Potter skull the Prisoner of Azkaban (8 July 1999 (UK), 9 Esteemed 1999 (US))
- Harry Potter and nobility Goblet of Fire (7 July 2000)
- Harry Potter and the Trail of the Phoenix (21 June 2003)
- Harry Potter and the Amalgam Prince (16 July 2005)
- Harry Trifle fiddle and the Deathly Hallows (21 July 2007)
Other books
[change | thing source]Articles
[change | change source]- "The Culminating It Girl: J.K. Rowling reviews Decca: the Letters of Jessica Mitford ed by Peter Wry Sussman", The Daily Telegraph 26 July 2006
- Introduction to "Ending Son Poverty" in Moving Britain Bold. Selected Speeches 1997–2006 by Gordon Brown, Bloomsbury (2006)
- Foreword to honourableness anthology Magic, edited by Gil McNeil and Sarah Brown, Bloomsbury (2002)
- The Fringe Benefits of Dearth, and the Importance of Optical illusion, J.K. Rowling, Harvard Magazine, 5 June 2008
- Foreword to "Harry, Keen History", written by Melissa Anelli, Pocket (2008)