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Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, before her remarriage her name was Joanne Rowling, [2] or Jo. [3] At birth, she had no middle name. [2] Staff at Bloomsbury Publishing suggested that she use two initials rather than her full name, anticipating that young boys – their target audience – would not want to read a book written by a woman. [2]
Joanne Rowling, together with her parents and sister, moved to the house in 1974 when she was aged nine. The house was sold by the Rowling family in 1995, and then sold again in 2011. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The owner, Julian Mercer, said of the house in 2011: "J. K. Rowling would have been here in her formative years and could have taken inspiration from ...
Born Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965, in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, J.K. Rowling loved writing since childhood, penning her first story about a bunny when she was just 6 years old.
Ginevra Molly "Ginny" Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowling. She is introduced in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as the youngest child and only daughter of Arthur and Molly Weasley. She becomes romantically involved with Harry Potter and eventually marries him.
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story is a made-for-TV film starring actress Poppy Montgomery.It is based on the book J.K. Rowling A Biography, by Sean Smith, detailing the journey of struggling single mother J. K. Rowling, her bid to become a published author, and her rise to fame that followed the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
The author discusses the experience on ‘The Witch Trials of JK Rowling’, a seven-part podcast JK Rowling opens up about traumatic miscarriage before having her daughter: ‘Another massive loss’
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 11, 2015 10. When helped a fan who wanted to "finally give up" by showing how many wonderful, inspiring things we would miss out on by giving up on life.
The Elephant House was one of the cafés in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote the first part of Harry Potter.. The series follows the life of a boy named Harry Potter.In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), Harry lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of the Dursleys, his aunt, uncle and cousin, who all treat him poorly.