J.K. Rowling

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J.K. Rowling the Wonderful World of Harry
Potter
By Jody Jarrell
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Year 2
Year 1
J.K. Rowling
Year 3
Year 4
Year 6
Year 5
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History

• Born July 31, 1965 in Gloucestershire, England
  as Joanne Kathleen Rowling
• Married to Jorge Arantes a Portuguese Journalist
  on October 16, 1992 divorced 3 years later.
• Re-Married Neil Murray on December 26, 2001 He
  is an anesthesiologist.
• JK Rowling has 3 children, Jessica 16, David 3,
  Mackenzie 1.
• Currently she lives in Edinburgh, Scotland where
  she continues to write the final installment of
  the Harry Potter Series.

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More History

• Began writing when she was 5 years old. Her
  first story was called Rabbit
• Attended Exeter University
• At the age of 26, she moved to Portugal to be an
  English teacher. It was at this time that she
  began working on a story about a wizard.
• She moved to Edinburgh, Scotland to be close to
  her family and raise her daughter. Here she
  continued to write the 1st Harry Potter book.
• She wrote a grant to the Scottish Arts Council to
  help complete her first book.
• She sold Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
  to Bloomsbury Pub. for about 4,000.

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Year 1
After the completion of the first book, JK
Rowling had to get a job as a French teacher
until Scholastic bought the rights to Harry .
The title was changed to Harry Potter and the
Sorcerers Stone. Scholastic paid 105,000 for
the pub. rights. JK quit her teaching job and
was able to write full time. She said This
moment is the happiest of my life Book one in
U.S. has sold 6.1 million hardback 10.9
million paperback Total 17 million
copies British Book Award Childrens Book of
the Year Smarties Prize
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How it all Begins
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Year 2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets sold in
the U.S. 7.3 Million Hardbacks 7.5 Million
Paperbacks Total of 14.7 Million Copies
J.K. Rowlings Books are now published in over 35
different languages
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Year 3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban U.S.
Sales 7.6 Million Hardbacks 5.2 Million
Paperbacks Total 12.8 Million By Summer of 2000,
she earned over 400 Million dollars for her first
three books After her third success, The New
York Times created a best sellers list for
childrens books because JK Rowlings books were
dominating the top slots.
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Year 4
U.S. Sales for Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire Hardcover 8.9 Million Paperback 3.4
million Total 12.8 Million Copies
This is the house that JK Rowling grew up
in. She now owns 3 houses two in Edinburgh and
one in London
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Year 5
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix U.S.
Sales Hardcover 5 million copies in the first 24
hours then averaging at 12.2 million copies
Paperback 1.5 Million Total 13.7 million
JK Rowling got the idea for the name Potter
from her friends next door growing up. She loved
their last name which was Potter
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Year 6
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince U.S. Sales
Hardback 6.9 million in the
first 24 hours with a total of 13.5 million
sold. Paperback 2 million Total 15.2 Million
Copies
Total U.S. Sales Hardcover 55.6
Million Paperback 30.5 Million Total 86.1 Million
Copies
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Other Facts
J.K. Rowling is currently working on the seventh
book which is the last in the series. She is
currently worth an estimated 1 billion
dollars She was on the Forbes List of Worlds
Richest People She is richer than the Queen of
England who had 660 million in 2004. Themes
throughout the books Love , Family, Courage,
Triumph Good vs. Evil, and Hope. Quote from
the Author Probably the very best thing my
earnings have given me, though, is absence of
worry. I have not forgotten what if feels like
to worry whether youll have enough money to pay
the bills. Not to have to think about that
anymore is the biggest luxury in the world.
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References
http//www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-07-06
-rowling_x.htm http//gaga.essortment.com/jkrowl
ingbiogr_reak.html http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/harry_potter_(statistics) Google Images for
the Pictures www.google.com