1. Joanne Rowling Joanne Rowling is one of British’s most famous authors.

2. She wrote seven books about Harry Potter. These books are very famous and popular. More than 400 million copies have been sold.

3. The books about Harry Potter have become the best- selling books in history.

4. Joanne Rowling was born in 1965, to Peter James Rowling and Anne Rowling in England. She has also sister Dianne.

5. Rowling's childhood home

6. Joanne Rowling studied in St. Michael’s Primary School.

7. Childhood As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she read to her sister. In higher school Joanne was really hard-working and clever. (As Harry Potter character Hermione.)

8. In 1990, Joanne Rowling decided to write a story about a school of wizards and a young magic boy.

9. She wrote her first novel about Harry Potter in one of the cafes in Edinburgh, when she took her baby out for a walk.

10. Joanne Rowling is still one of the best authors in the whole world.