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Anne Rowling's Death
After a decade long battle with multiple sclerosis, J.K. Rowling's mother, Anne, died. -
Divorce
Rowlng divorced her husband after two years of marriage marked by frequent quarrling. -
Writing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
On public assistance in Edinburgh, Scotland, she wrote "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in a coffeehouse while her daughter napped. -
Sued by nancy Stouffer
Nancy Stouffer sued JK Rowling claiming that Rowling had copied her Larry Potter book. However, the lawsuit was dismissed when the court announced that Stouffer had "perpetrated a fraud" on the court. -
Casual Vacancy
Rowling wrote Casual Vacancy for more of an adult audience and was very nervous about releasing the book. It was the first book that she had written which wasen't a childeren's book.