Joanne Kathleen Rowling is her full name. She comes from Britain and is a very well know author. She has written a series of Harry Potter books. She was born in 1965 in England, which makes her 56 years in 2021. Rowling was the award winner of the Costa Book Awards in 1999. Apart from being a writer, Rowling taught English in Portugal as a foreign language. She started her writing career immediately after graduating from the University of Exeter as she worked for Amnesty International.
10 interesting facts about J.K Rowling
1. Rejected at Oxford University
Rowling sat for her entrance exam at Oxford in 1982 but never got admitted. The university did not accept her application, and that gave her the option of Exeter, where she pursued French. With her successful writing career, it’s hard to believe she was rejected at Oxford.
2. Donated more than 17 million euros to charity
Her Harry porter series book made her one of the richest novelists. Due to her love for charity, she donated most of the money.
3. First billionaire female novelist
She is one of the richest authors in the world and the first lady. She had a net worth of around 0ne billion. Her Harry porter series contributed to most of her wealth. In 2011 she was recognized as the first female novelist to be a billionaire. She loved charity, and she donated more than one million dollars.
4. Wrote her first novel at 11
The very first book she wrote was when she was six years. At the age of 11, she wrote a novel that talked of some cursed diamonds and the very people who owned them.
5. Diagnosed with clinical depression
Rowling lost her marriage at the age of 25 and became a single mother. She was not employed, and that made her and her kids struggle to survive through benefits.
6. Wrote the first story at six years
Rowling was an inborn writer; as of the age of 6, she had written a book named Rabbit. The story was majorly about a rabbit.
7. Wore a disguise to buy her wedding dress
As a public and famous person, Rowling did not want that to interfere with her wedding dress shopping. She got a new appearance that no one would recognize as her and then went shopping for her wedding dress. In 2001 she got married to Doctor Neil Murray.
8. Wrote her first draft using a typewriter
Rowling has explained how she used to hand draft most of her first stories and characters. Goblet of Fire, for example, is a book she drafted with the use of a typewriter. The year she drafted using this machine was 1996, when she wrote the draft of the harry potter series.
9. Her birthday is the same as Harry porters
Rowling was born on the 31st of July, and that the same date she gave to the main character in her series. Every time you read her harry porter, you remember they were born the same day as Rowling.
10. Never read fifty shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey became a competitor for her Harry Potter series to the extent it beat Harry potter books by becoming the bestselling book in the UK. Rowling then promised her editor that she would never read the book, and she never did.
Conclusion
It is evident that she has a true talent in writing and many people have admired and supported her career through the reading and buying of her novels.
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