J.K. Rowling

By brookemckinleyy

  • Birth

    Joanne Kathleen Rowling is born in Yate, England

  • Harry Potter is Created

    Jo's train is delayed 4 hours and has the inspiration of Harry Potter. She starts creating rough drafts on her train ride from London to Manchester

  • 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone' is Written

    Jo moves to Portugal to teach English, where she wrote first drafts of Chapters for 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone'.

  • Marraige and Divorce

    Jo marries Jorge Arantes and has a baby girl, Jessica. But, divorces him by Novemeber

  • 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone' is Published

    'Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone' was auctioned to Scholastic in the USA for $105,000. 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone' is published by Bloomsbury in the UK, with an initial run of 1,000 copies.
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    Fame to Fortune

    J,K. Rowling becomes famous for her all time best-selling series 'Harry Potter'. Jo becomes the 13th wealthiest person in all of England.

  • 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' is Published

    'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' is published. Warner Brother's purchases the rights to turn the first two books in the Harry Potter series into movies.

  • 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' is Released

    'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' is released. Jo is the first author to win the Smarties Prize three times in a row.

  • 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' is Released

    'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' is released.

  • 'Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix' is Released

    'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' is released. Jo and Neil's son David is born.

  • 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' is Released

    Jo and Neil's daughter, Mackenzie is born. 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princ'e is released.

  • 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' is Published

    Jo finishes writing 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' in a hotel room in Edinburgh. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' is released and becomes the fastest selling book of all time.

  • Harry Potter World Opens

    'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter' is officicaly opened at Universal Parks in Orlando, Florida.