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JK Rowling

Cicely BatieWorld History ScrapbookPd. 5

+Childhood

Born on July 31, 1965

Joanne Rowling

In Yate, Gloucestershire, England.

+Childhood Moved when she was four

Went to St Michael's Primary School

Moved again when she was nine

Wrote many short stories

+Background

Attended Wyedean School and College

Studied for a BA at University of Exeter in French and Classics

Lived in Paris for a year

Moved to London and worked with Amnesty International

+Personal Life Moved to Porto, Portugal

and taught English

Met and married Jorge Arantes in 1992

1993 she gave birth to Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes

Divorced Jorge in December of that year

+Personal Life

Moved back to Scotland to live near her sister.

Taught in local schools

Suffered from depression and had thoughts of suicide

Received money from wel-fare and depending upon it.

+Harry Potter

Series of books that has given her world-wide fame

Idea dropped into her head out of the blue at a train station.

+Harry Potter

Has had the entire series laid out before finishing the first book

Took six years to complete the first book

Wrote on a manual typewriter

+Harry Potter

Harry Potter is now a world-wide trademark and is estimated at about $15 billion.

Her series will be made into movies and has broken countless records in book sales

+Legacy

The Harry Potter series will most likely be her biggest accomplishment

The question still remains, what will she do next?