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IDEA WAS CREATED
On a four hour delayed train to London, Rowling imagines the plot for Harry Potter.She begins writing the story later that night. -
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JK ROWLING
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A SAD MOMENT
After a long, hard fought battle with multiple sclerosis, Joanne's mother dies. -
MARRIAGE
While in Portugal she marries a Portugese television journalist named Jorge Arantes.The marriage ends up in a divorce. -
FIRST DAUGHTER
Her first daughter, Jessica Isabel entered into the world. -
FIRST AWARD
Rowling wins the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award. -
PUBLISHED
Rowling finishes Harry Potter and the Sorcere's Stone. -
2ND ONE
Once again J.K. Rowling is the proud prize winner of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award. -
2ND PUBLISHED
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is published. -
3RD ONE
J.K. Rowling is the only author to win the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award three times in a row. -
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets