J.K.ROWLING

Sakina Bharmal

TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT ‘ROWLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BOOKS AND WRITINGS SUCCESS AWARDS AND HONOURS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WRITINGS:’THE

HARRY POTTER SERIES’ BIBLOGRAPHY

ABOUT ‘ROWLING Joanne "Jo" Rowling was born on 31 July

1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. With her pen names as J. K. Rowling and

Robert Galbraith,she is a British novelist best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.

Keeping aside the Harry Potter series,' Rowling has also written criminal books , adult books , short stories , books for children and many general articles as well.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling, a

Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer and Anne Rowling ,a science technician on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England.

Rowling has led a "rags to riches" life story. Rowling married Jane Austen on 16 October

1992 and their child, Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes was born on 27 July 1993 in Portugal.

After getting divorced from Jane Austen ,on 26 December 2001, Rowling married Neil Michael Murray an anesthetist, in a private ceremony at her home.

Their son, David Gordon Rowling Murray, was born on 24 March 2003.

CHILDHOOD Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when

Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when

Rowling was four. As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories which she

frequently read to her sister. Aged nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the

Gloucestershire village of Tut shill, close to Chepstow, Wales.

When she was a young teenager, Mitford became her heroine, and Rowling read all of her books.

Rowling has said that her teenage years were unhappy. Her home life was complicated by her mother's illness and a

strained relationship with her father who she is still not on speaking terms with.

Rowling later said that she based the character of Hermione Granger on herself when she was eleven.

EDUCATION Rowling attended St Michael's Primary

School. She attended secondary school at Weyden

School and College. In 1982, Rowling took the entrance exams

for Oxford University but was not accepted and read for a BA in French and Classics at the University of Exeter.

After a year of study in Paris, Rowling graduated from Exeter in 1986 and moved to London to work as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International.

PUBLICATIONSAdult books:The Casual VacancyCormoran Strike series:The Cuckoo's CallingThe SilkwormArticles:McNeil, Gil and Brown, Sarah, editors Foreword to the anthology Magic. Bloomsbury.Brown, Gordon Introduction to "Ending Child Poverty" in Moving Britain Forward. Selected Speeches 1997–2006. Bloomsbury.Sussman, Peter Y., editor ."The First It Girl: J.K. Rowling reviews Decca: the Letters by Jessica Mitford". The Daily Telegraph.Anelli, Melissa Foreword to Harry, A History. Pocket Books.Rowling, J.K. "The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination". Harvard Magazine.Rowling, J.K. "Gordon Brown – The 2009 Time 100". TIME Magazine.Rowling, J.K. "The Single Mother's Manifesto". The Times.Rowling, J.K. "I feel duped and angry at David Cameron's reaction to Leveson". The Guardian.Other media:Rowling, J.K. "Woman's Hour Takeover". Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4.

SUCCESSIn 2004, Forbes named Rowling as the first person to become a U.S.-dollar billionaire by writing books, the second-richest female entertainer and the 1,062nd richest person in the world.Rowling disputed the calculations and said she had plenty of money, but was not a billionaire. The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List named Rowling the 144th richest person in Britain. In 2012, Forbes removed Rowling from their rich list, claiming that her US$160 million in charitable donations and the high tax rate in the UK meant she was no longer a billionaire.In February 2013 she was assessed as the 13th most powerful woman in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.

AWARDS AND HONOURS Rowling has received honorary degrees

from: St Andrews University The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Napier University The University of Exeter The University of Aberdeen and Harvard

University, for whom she spoke at the 2008 commencement ceremony.

In 2009 Rowling was awarded the Légion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Her other awards include:1997: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone1998: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets1998: British Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone1999: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban1999: National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets1999: Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2000: British Book Awards, Author of the Year[72]2000: Order of the British Empire, Officer (for services to Children's literature)2000: Locus Award, winner Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2001: Hugo Award for Best Novel, winner Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2003: Premio Príncipe de Asturias, Concord2003: Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers, winner Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2006: British Book of the Year, winner for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince2007: Blue Peter Badge, Gold2008: British Book Awards, Outstanding Achievement2010: Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, inaugural award winner2011: British Academy Film Awards, Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema for the Harry Potter film series, shared with David Heyman, cast and crew2012: Freedom of the City of London

ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WRITINGS:’THE HARRY POTTER

SERIES’Harry Potter series include:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneHarry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHarry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Other children's books related to H.P.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemQuidditch Through the AgesThe Tales of Beedle the Bard

Short story related to H.P.

Harry Potter prequelDaily Prophet reports about the Quidditch World Cup

BIBLOGRAPHY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Biography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Childhood_and_education

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Harry_Potter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Success

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Future_writing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Awards_and_honours

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Publications

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