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About J.K. Rowling

Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born July 31, 1965 in Yate, near Bristol, England to Rolls Royce engineer Peter and Anne Rowling.

Her childhood was spent in the Bristol area where she was raised with her younger sister, Diana. Her early history is peppered with names of people and places that later appeared in her writing: her parents met on a train as it left King's Cross Station; childhood friends Ian and Vikki Potter; the nearby town of Dursley. Joanne began writing stories at age six. Her dream of becoming a writer stayed with her although she began her career as a teacher upon graduating from Exeter. She dreamed up the Harry Potter stories in 1990; it took six years to write the first book. Meanwhile, she taught in Portugal where she met and married, had a baby girl, Jessica, divorced, and returned to Great Britain where she finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. She was quickly signed by literary agent Christopher Little; however, several (presumably very rueful) publishers turned down the book before it was purchased by Bloomsbury in 1996. Joanne married Neil Murray in December 2001. The couple has one child, David, and is expecting another in early 2005. Joanne was awarded the O.B.E. in 2001; the prestigious award was presented by one of her fans, Charles, Prince of Wales.

This concludes the briefing up of her nostaligic life. Moving on to the influence she has managed to stamp on today's kids, well it can be portrayed as "Phenomenol", if this doesnt in any way sounds euphemistic!!!! Her dexterity combined with the mastery to produce the desired efficacy has left the audience astounded.

Leave out the kids, her fame is profuse all over the planet right from the small peppy kids to the middleaged businessman. "Her novels are omnipresent with every house hold having a copy of one of the edition." The above statement may look a little like being euphoristic, but that very well delivers the message. The magnitude of the above has resulted in many a fan clubs being formed and diversed across the world. These fan clubs remain active by conducting periodic activities, fun events. All these has contributed to rowling being anointed the richest and affluent novelist with a whopping 30Mn Euro pounds, all through the sale of her editions via Bloomsbury.

Her works include, in chronological order

a) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.