2. • Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling and Anne Rowling , on 31 July 1965
in Yate, Gloucestershire, England.
• As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories,
which she would usually then read to her sister.
• When she was a young teenager, her great aunt
gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's
autobiography, Hons and Rebels
Mitford became Rowling's heroine, she read all
of her books.

3. • Marriage and divorce
-She got married with Jorge Arantes and had a child,
but then they got divorced.
-It is suggested that Rowling suffered domestic abuse.
• Single parenthood
-She was jobless.
-She was living with her daughter off of welfare.
-She was suffering from clinical depression.
• Rejection
-Rowling sent the manuscript many publishing
companies and she received rejection letters.

4. 1997: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1999: National Book Awards Children's Book of the
Year, winner Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2000: Order of the British Empire, Officer (for services
to Children's literature)
2000: Locus Award, winner Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban
2006: British Book of the Year, winner for Harry Potter
and the Half Blood Prince

5. 2007: Blue Peter Badge, Gold
2008: British Book Awards, Outstanding Achievement
2011: British Academy Film Awards, Outstanding British Contribution
to Cinema for the Harry Potter film series, shared with David
Heyman, cast and crew
2012: Freedom of the City of London

6. She adopted her pen name, J.K., incorporating her
grandmother's name, Kathleen, for the latter initial.
By the summer of 2000, the first three Harry Potter
books earned approximately $480 million in three
years, with over 35 million copies.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, sold 6.9
million copies in the U.S in its first 24 hours.
The film of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
earned an estimated $93.5 million.

7. She has three children; Jessica, David and Mackenzie.
On a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990, Rowling wrote
her initial Potter ideas on a napkin.
12 publishing houses rejected her original Harry Potter manuscripts, but
eventually small publisher Bloomsbury gave her a chance.
Rowling attended a village school in Tutshill. One of her teachers was
one of the individuals who influenced the character of Severus Snape.
JK Rowling goes on Harry Potter fan sites; she once visited the
chatroom of popular site Mugglenet, and got told to keep quiet by
regulars as she didn't know enough about Harry Potter.

8. Even though you have had a difficult time, you can
accomplish all your dreams just like she did. Never give up
because everything is possible. She never gave up on her
dreams and now she is famous, and has a better life.
J.K. Rowling really beat the odds!