J K Rowling

Date of Birth:

31-Jul-1965

Nationality:

United Kingdom

Profession:

J.K. Rowling, is a British author and screenwriter best known for her seven-part children's book Harry Potter. The series has sold over 500 million copies and was turned into a blockbuster film. A graduate of the University of Exeter, Rowling moved to Portugal in 1990 to study English. There, he met and married Portuguese journalist Jorge Arantes. The couple's daughter, Jessica, was born in 1993. After the divorce ended, Rowling moved to Edinburgh with her daughter to stay with her younger sister, Di. While she struggled to support her daughter Jessica and herself in welfare, Rowling worked on her first book in the Harry Potter series. The idea for the book reportedly reached him while traveling by train from Manchester to London in 1990. After several rejections, Rowling eventually sold his first book, Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone, for an estimated $ 4,000; it reached the shelves in June 1997. The word "Philosopher" in the title of the book was originally changed to "Sorcerer" for publication in the United States. In April 2013, Rowling broke up with a new genre, crime fiction, using a novel he published under the name Robert Galbraith. In the first few months following the release of Cuckoo Calling, the novel was selling well and received positive reviews. The highest selling job in July was the discovery of its author.

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J K Rowling

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Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure. But the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.”

“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”