Joanne Kathleen Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter’s books.

She was born in 1965, at the Yate General Hospital, England.

J.K.Rowling younger

Joanne Rowling younger

PERSONAL LIFE

When she was just 6 years, she had a friend called Ian Potter who lived in front of her. They played wizards and witches games. One of them consisted of dress up with layers and run on their brooms around the neighborhood. She devoured the Enyd Blyton’s books “The Famous Five”. So, then wrote her first tale called “Rabbit” which one the main character was a rabbit. She never liked school, besides, she wasn’t a good student at school. But, she always payed attention on science’s class. There was where she knew about the philosopher’s stone.

 During her adolescence, the young Joanne Rowling began to be interested in pop’s music like “The Smiths”. Nevertheless, her mum got sick. Since then, Joanne spended all her free time to help her. In time, she was really depressed because of her. Although this, she had a friend called Sean Harris who met her into a blue Ford Anglia’s car (like Weasley’s car).

When she was 18, she started to study at the Exeter’s University where they known her as “someone who followed  the law of the minimum of effort”. After her French philosophy graduation, she started to earn accepting different temporal jobs which never motivated her not at all. Also, during this time, she wrote two novels for adults which were never published.

In 1990, her boyfriend moved to Manchester. One day, while she was coming back from London by train, she had an idea about a wizard boy’s book. “Harry Potter appeared just in front of me. All the story was taking shape during the travel”. Six months after this event, her mum (Anne Rowling) died. That event caused her a big change in Joanne’s life who broke up with his boyfriend and leaved to live in Portugal.

Across an english teacher’s advert, Rowling obtained a job to keep her life at the same time as started to write the first Harry Potter’s novel. In this time, she started to go out with Jorge Arantes. Despite all the were leave to life together, even though, she was who had to keep their lifes. The couple ended getting married. She got pregnant and she decided to carry on with the relationship giving birth with their daughter Jessica. But, their relationship was getting worse and that’s why Joanne and Jessica leaved Portugal to go to London. In 1994, Rowling got the divorce of her husband.

The 26th june in 1997, her first Harry Potter’s book (Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone) was published by the Bloomsbury editorial which recommended her to change her name to her initials “J. K. Rowling” (the initial came from her grandmum “Kathleen” —> “K”). In this time, she worked as a french teacher.

The Harry Potter Books:

  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.