As a child, she struggled with a strained relationship with her father. Additionally, her mother had ongoing health battles with multiple sclerosis. She has said that she based the character of Hermione Granger on herself at the age of 11, during these troubling times. Rowling graduated from the University of Exeter in , where she studied French and Classics. Soon after, she moved to Porto, Portugal to become an English teacher.
In the year , despair struck Rowling. Her mother had passed away after a ten-year battle with multiple sclerosis. At the time, J. Rowling was writing the first book of Harry Potter. A few years later, Rowling found herself falling in love. Her relationship took a sinister turn as her partner reportedly physically abused the author.
Taking her daughter with her, the two fled to Manchester, England in search of a new beginning. K Rowling describes this time as being very difficult and painful, yet crucial to her ambition and inspiration in her writing.
In , J. The tale was typed on an old manual typewriter and shared with a few colleagues. Soon, Rowling found the courage to try and get her book published. Rowling was devasted to find out that all twelve of the publishers she submitted her story to rejected her idea.
Nonetheless, the author was determined. For the next year, she dedicated every day to improving and editing her book. In June , she finally made her first big break. K Rowling is an English author, best known for creating the Harry Potter franchise.
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Summary J. As of , J. What do you think about J. Leave a comment below. Related Topics:. Dan Western. You may like. Tommy May 25, at am. Pat Vail Dec 12, at pm. She wrote a really good fantasy, but I would hardly say she shaped the minds of anyone.
B E Wier Mar 1, at am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Related Posts. Rowling has spent a chunk of her fortune buying up homes across Scotland and England with her husband, Neil Murray. Rowling's main residence is in Edinburgh. The couple moved to another Edinburgh neighborhood in The newer home has been described as a "multimillion-pound 17th-century mansion" surrounded by foot tall hedges. She later installed four-foot high security gates and commissioned renovations for the home in That includes converting the drawing room to a bathroom and getting a new kitchen.
In England, she owns a six-bedroom home in Kensington, London. The Church Cottage inspired multiple elements in Harry Potter and is currently undergoing renovations. But property isn't the only thing Rowling spends her money on. It was previously owned by Johnny Depp. The boat has three decks and four bedrooms. Rowling also knows how to holiday. She has been spotted cruising around the Galapagos, visiting Mauritius, and staying in the Seychelles.
She was also once spotted summering in the Hamptons. And with countless movie premieres under her belt, Rowling has donned her share of designer dresses, like this Oscar de la Renta gown. But for all these splurges, Rowling reportedly opts for a less splashy, more anonymous car over a luxury one. Rowling has previously said, "I'm indebted to the welfare state.
When my life hit rock bottom, that safety net was there to break the fall. She's known for her leftist political views, generally supporting Britain's Labour Party. She's not supportive of Jeremy Corbyn, the party's current leader.
She also founded the Lumos Foundation, an international children's rights organization; the Volant Charitable Trust, which works to alleviate social deprivation across Scotland; and Comic Relief, an anti-poverty charity. She also wrote and auctioned off a prequel short story from the Harry Potter universe, about James Potter and Sirius Black escaping a few muggle cops.
She also began publishing installments of a new story, 'The Ickabog,' for free on her website for parents and children. Rowling has long seemed to be a force for progressive good, but has stirred controversy for her comments about trans people in the past few years.
In June , this came to a head when she posted a series of tweets arguing that: "If sex isn't real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. She received a lot of backlash online. A media spokesperson for Rowling told Business Insider that the author "has received overwhelming support in correspondence coming into her office since her piece was published.
Her comments have ruined Harry Potter for many fans, some of whom are even having their Harry Potter tattoos removed in response. While the series "is simply too gargantuan for its legacy to ever be truly tarnished by this controversy, the series is permanently stained for some," Insider's Jacob Sarkisian recently wrote. Loading Something is loading. Email address. BI Select Harry Potter.
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