By the summer of 2000, the three of the seven book series had already done a business of $480 million, with over 35 million copies in print in 35 languages The wait wasn’t a very long one as she published the third book of the series, ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ in 1999. Much like its predecessor, the book was very well received and captivated the mind of the audience who kept craving for more. She came out with the sequel of the book in 1998, titled, ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’. Moving to a flat in Edinburg, she immersed herself further into the series, chronicling about the life of Harry Potter, his school Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and his friends, knot-it-all Hermione Granger and the confused Ron Weasley. Additionally, she also gained money by selling the rights of publishing the book in the US to Scholastic Inc. The superlative success of the first of the Harry Potter series helped her gain an �8000 grant from the Scottish Arts Council. One thousand copies of the first edition of the book were printed, of which 500 were distributed to libraries. Meanwhile, to support herself financially, she took up a teacher training course at the Moray House School of Education, at Edinburgh University. After facing rejection from about 12 publishers, editor, she finally got green signal from Barry Cunningham of Bloomsbury. In 1995, she completed her manuscript of the legendary book, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’. Being at a major crisis situation with no job and a disrupted personal life, she inspired herself to write for this was the only passion that was left in her. During the day, she assimilated thoughts and penned the first three chapters of her book.įacing personal turmoil, she moved to Scotland in 1993 to live near her sister Dianne. The same evening, she started penning 'Philosopher's Stone', the first of the Harry Potter series.Ī vacancy of the position of a teacher led to her relocating to Portugal, wherein she spent the night teaching English. The adrenaline rush that she felt about the wizardry boy and his world left her bemused so much so that she did not waste time about penning her thoughts and rather kept on forming a more concrete idea. While on a journey from Manchester to London, a daring thought envisioned and captured her heart and mind like never before and she went on to dream a little more, thus forming the caricature of the bespectacled boy Harry Potter and his antics. Meanwhile, she penned a short essay titled, ‘What was the Name of that Nymph Again? or Greek and Roman Studies Recalled’ that was published in the University of Exeter's journal Pegasus. Graduating in 1986, she moved to London and took up the job of a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International. Ever since then, she continued to pursue her love for writing by penning numerous stories. Her tryst with writing fiction tales started when she was five - her first ever written story being ‘Rabbit’. For further studies, she admitted herself at the University of Exeter for BA in French and Classics. Her parents were blessed with a second daughter Dianne just a month prior to Joanne’s second birthday.Īcademically proficient, she attended the St Michael's Primary School before enrolling herself at the Wyedean School and College. Rowling was born as Joanne Rowling to James and Anne Rowling in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. This biography of Milan Kundera provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline. Milan Kundera is a Czech-born French writer known for his erotic and political writings. And hence started the journey of Harry Potter and his creator, via King’s Cross station, which took both the character and the author to reach the zenith of success and popularity! Today worth billions of dollars, the Harry Potter series, which comprises of 7 books and 8 films, has become the best-selling series of all time and highest grossing film series in history. The antics of the bespectacled boy and the perfect imagery of the wizardry world left even the best of readers captivated for more. Rowling’s is a typical rags to riches story - from living on state benefits to becoming the multi-millionaire author, her life took a complete 180 degree turn when the first book of her conceptualized dream materialized on the bookstand by the name, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’. Little did she, in her wildest dreams, anticipate that a delayed train journey from Manchester to London would change her life for good! The woman behind the Harry Potter franchise, J K Rowling or simply Joanne Rowling is one of the best-selling authors today.
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