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Born in 1965 Bristol, United Kingdom
she was born in Yate General Hospital. she has a sister named Dianne. she is 2 years older than Dianne. -
college
when she was young she would always be writing. so its not surprising that when she went to college she was always studying. she graduated in 1986. -
Amnesty International/ Harry Potter
After college she started working at Amnesty International. Amnesty International is a non- governmental association that works with people to focus on human rights. she was also thinking about the idea of Harry Potter. -
Her Mom
she was very close with her parents. both her parents were book worms so she grew up around books. her mom worked at the school she went too. her mom ended up passing away from multiple sclerosis. -
Harry Potter beginning
she conceived the idea of Harry Potter while wait for a train at King's Cross. over the next five years she was writing notes to herself about it. to try and make it a story. -
Jorge Arante
Rowling and Jorge had a daughter in 1993. unfortunately that same year they separated -
Portugal/ husband/ daughter
five years after her idea at the train station she moved to Portugal to teach English she took her notes with her. in the middle of all of this she married Jorge Arante and had a daughter named Jessica. -
first manuscript
finished the first 3 chapters of the book and sent it in and they replied asking where the rest of it was bc they loved it so much. the book was first published in the US Scholastic in 1997 under a different name. -
film
They started making the movie and everyone was so excited. she directed the movie and it was he idea. -
fantastic beast
she made a smaller series that connects to harry potter called Fantastis Beast and Where to Find them. -
her father
her dad remarried 2 years after her mom past and he came to her second wedding (she married Neil Murry) in 2001. but they are said to have no talked since 2003 -
8th book
the 8th book (the deathly hallows part. 2) was released 11 years after the first book -
first book aimed at adults
her first book aimed at adults was The Casual Vacancy. it was published in 2012 -
pen name
in 2013 she change her pen name to Robert Galbraith and wrote some success books under it. these books were very different from Harry Potter. they were focused on crime fiction -
today
J.K. Rowling and Wizarding World partners launched the Harry Potter At Home initiative to entertain children stuck at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.