J.K.Rowling By: Morgan Tripp

About J.K.Rowling Joanne Kathleen Rowling (Rolling) was born in the summer of 1965 (July 31 st ) at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehension. Rowling left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree, and where her course included 12 months in Paris. As a post- graduate she moved to London(UK) to work at Amnesty International doing research into human rights abuses in Francophone, Africa. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London King’s Cross train journey,and during the next five years,outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel.

About J.K. Rowling Rowling then moved to Portugal,where she taught English to foreign language. She married in October 1992 and gave birth to her daughter Jessica in When her marriage ended, she returned to Edinburgh,where Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone was eventually completed, and in 1996 she received an offer of publication. The following summer the world was introduced to Harry Potter. Rowling married Dr. Neil Murray in 2001,and a brother for Jessica,David, was born in A sister,Mackenzie, followed in January 2005.

Time Line 1965~Born on July 31 st in Chipping Sodbury, Great Britain 1987~Graduates from University of Exeter where she studied French and Classics 1990~Moves to Manchester,England,and begins writing 1991~Moves to Oporto,Portugal,to teach English 1994~Moves to Edinburgh,Scotland 1995~Completes her first novel and hires a literary agent 1997~Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is published in Britain 199

Time Line 1998~Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is published in the United States with the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2000~Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire becomes the fastest-selling book in history 2001~First Harry Potter movie appears in cinemas Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone are all in Italics because they are the names of books.

Rowling's Achievements J.K.Rowling was voted author of the year at the 1999 British Book Awards (Nibbies) and won the Booksellers Association Author of the Year award two years in a row (1998 and 1999).She won the W H Smith Children's Book of the Year for 2000 and in 2004, she was awarded the WH Smith’s Fiction Award. In 2006,Rowling was Winner of the Nibbie’s (Children’s Book of the Year) for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood

An Interview With J.K.Rowling Did you make up the plot in every aspect first by charting the characters and knowing exactly what you would do with them, or did you just piece a lot of it together as you wrote? I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write. It's more fun. :- ) Do you now or have you in the past kept a journal? If so, do you believe that it helps in your writing? I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks. I get bored with my life. I prefer inventing things. How long have you been writing? As far back as I can remember. The first story I finished was when I was 6 years old.

What makes some witches/wizards become ghosts after they die and some not? You don't really find that out until Book VII (5), but I can say that the happiest people do not become ghosts. As you might guess Moaning Myrtle! Since Harry Potter's parents were sorcerers and Petunia was Harry's mother's sister. Shouldn't Petunia be a witch or wizard? No. As Hagrid explains in Book I (1), sometimes a witch or a wizard occurs in an otherwise Muggle family, just as a Squib is a non-magic person who occurs in an otherwise magic family. Do you think that you will write about Harry after he graduates from Hogwarts? Isn't there a University of Wizardry? No, there's no University for Wizards. At the moment I'm only planning to write seven Harry Potter books. I won't say "never," but I have no plans to write an eighth book. When you were my age, did you ever write a book? I am in the 5th grade. Yes, as a matter of fact I did. I wrote a story about seven cursed diamonds. I thought it was a novel. I think now it was really a very long short story.

How many books have you read by J.K.Rowling? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone:20/20 100% Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:5/20 25% Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 6/20 30% Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 6/20 30% Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix 5/20 25% Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 4/20 20% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2/20 10% The Tales of Beadle the Bard:20/20 100% Quidditch through the Ages20/20 100% Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them:8/20 40%