Biographical Information Joanne Kathleen (J.K.) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury near Bristol, England in the year of Soon J.K grew older and graduated from Exter University and moved to Edinburgh, Scotland while she taught English in Portugal. J.K. Married in October 1992 and had a baby girl (Jessica) in the year after (1993), soon she ended her marriage in and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was completed. After the book was done she married again to Dr. Neil Murray in 2001 and had a baby boy (David) born in 2003, a couple years after she had a another girl (Mackenzie) in 2005

Timeline about J.K. Rowling 1965 J.K. Rowling was born 1992 J.K. got married She had her first child (Jessica) in 1993 J.K. Married again to Dr. Neil Murray in 2001 Soon after she had Jessica she divorced (date unknown) After she married Dr. Neil Murray she had a baby boy (David) in 2003 Then she had another baby girl (Mackenzie) in2005

Books J.K. Rowling Wrote Conversations with J.K. Rowling The Tales of Beedle the Bard Quiddtch Through the Ages Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

About Some Of The J.K. Rowling Books Conversations with J.K. Rowling (the date the book was published is unknown) The Tales of Beedle the Bard was actually in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as a school book. The book was published on December 3, 2008 but the date it was published is unknown

About Some Of The J.K. Rowling Books Quididitch Through the Ages was a school book in the Harry Potter series and was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books and Scholastic in March 2001 Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them was a school book in the Harry Potter series and was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books and Scholastic in March 2001

About Some Of The J.K. Rowling Books Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone was published by Authur A. Levine in 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was published on June 2 nd, 1999 and #1 on adult hardcover bestsellers lists

About Some of the J.K. Rowling Books Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published on September 8 th, 1999 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published simultaneously in Britain, USA, Canada, and Australia on July 8 th, 2000 with a record of 3.8 million in US alone, it quickly broke records for the biggest # of books sold on 1 st weekend of publication

About Some of The J.K. Rowling Books Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix was published in Britain, USA, Canada, and Australia on June 21 st, 2003, longest in the the series-766 pages-broke records set by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as the fastest selling book in history Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was published in the UK, US, and other English speaking country's on July 16 th, 2005 and achieved record sales

About Some of the J.K. Rowling Books Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published in the UK, US, and other English speaking country's on July 16 th, 2007 with a record-breaking first print- run of 12 million copies in the USA, the book sold 8.3 million copies the first 24 hours making it the fastest selling book book in history All of the Harry Potter books are distributed in over 200 territories and are translated in 69 languages

Where J.K. Rowling Was Born and Where She Lives Now Where J.K. Rowling was born, it is cold in that areaWhere J.K. Rowling is now living,it is cold in this area

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3 Skills My Author Does Well 1 st skill:Suspense-When Harry was fighting He- Who-Must-Not-Be-Named for the first time for the Sorcerer Stone 2 nd skill:Made Up Language-All the animals,spells,names,classes,shops,ect. 3 rd skill:Powerful Openings-Every time you start reading a J.K. Rowling book you can't stop reading

Awards My Author Received Booksellers Association Author of the year,two years in a row (1998 and 1999). She won W.H. Smith Children's Book of the year for 2000 and in She was awarded the W.H. Smith Fiction award in J.K was winner of the Nibbies (Children's Book of the Year ) for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Most recently J.K received the 2008 British Book Award Lifetime Achievement award. J.K was awarded an OBE for services to Children's literature in June In 2003 she received Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias for Concord. In February 2009,she was inducted into France's prestigious Legion of Honor and given the honorary title of “knight” J.K has honorary degrees from Harvard University, Dartmouth Collage, New Hampshire USA, University of Exter, University of St Andrews, Napier University of Edinburgh, and University of Edinburgh

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