Rowling even launched pottermore, which has become a sort of everevolving encyclopedia of trivia and backstories from her. A mother of three, rowling dedicated the second last book of the series, harry potter and the half blood prince, to her daughter mackenzie, born in 2005. Harry potter, fictional character, a boy wizard created by british author j. Along with the three companion books written for charity, the series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. What she actually told him was that he has a death scene. Rowling, creator of the fantasy adventure world of harry potter and his friends, turns 50 on july 31, 2015. And third, several of these facts were false or misquotes. Rowling age, husband, family, biography, facts, net. Harry james potter is the titular protagonist of j. Rowling thought up the books, how the filmmakers made the movies, and a ton of other information about the harry potter universe.
His copy of harry potter and the goblet of fire was given to him on fathers day, 2000, and signed with lots of love from your first born and an. Shortly after rowling began writing harry potter and the halfblood prince, she ceased. Rowling had to learn a lot about alchemy and folklore while writing the harry potter books. I grew up reading harry potter, and it shaped my life to the extent that i have a deathly hallows tattoo.
The hand of glory, for example, is inspired by folklore dating back hundreds of years. Rowlings other works included a mystery series featuring the detective. Rowling first had her idea for harry potter while on a delayed train service from manchester to london in 1990. Harry potter deathly hallows by jk rowling, signed abebooks. On 26 december 2001, rowling married neil murray born 30 june 1971, a scottish doctor, in a private ceremony at her home, killiechassie house in scotland. The life of this author of one of the bestselling book series in history is itself. Harry potter and the cursed child is an upcoming twopart west end stage play and a book written by jack thorne and based on a story by author j. Rowlings episodes of misery inspired her to make the dementors in the harry potter arrangement. Rowling revealed on twitter that when harrys son, james, first came to hogwarts, he got sorted into gryffindor, and that teddy lupin, godson of harry, son of remus lupin and nymphadora tonks, and head boy of hufflepuff, was slightly saddened by it. Rowling created harry potter more than 20 years ago, she. At some point along the way, she changed her mind and wanted the final words to read all was well. Rowling reportedly wrote the first two harry potter books in this chair, which. Rowling, british author, creator of the popular and critically acclaimed harry potter series, about a young sorcerer in training.
Rowling, been a real person, he would be celebrating his 39th birthday today. Everything extra jk rowling has revealed about harry potter. Rowling 2007 harry potter and the deathly hallows, us first edition, first printing, published by arthur a. How she went from single mom to harry potter author. She is best known as the author of her fantasy series harry potter which received worldwide attention and won several awards. Thus, he attends hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to practice magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster albus dumbledore and other school professors along. At just eleven, she wrote her first novel about seven cursed diamonds and the. Rowling and robert galbraith is a british novelist, film producer and screenwriter born on july 31, 1965. By the following summer, the first three harry potter books had earned. The ickabog jk rowling tells her first nonharry potter. Jk rowling just debunked some major myths and we are stupefied posted by hollie richardson published 7 hours ago.
The novels were adapted into a number of blockbuster films. The majority of the books plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan harry, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Jk rowling reveals there was more than one harry potter. Rowling is the author of the muchloved series of seven harry potter novels, originally published between 1997 and 2007.
She later cowrote a story that became the basis for the play harry potter and the cursed child, which premiered in 2016 and was a critical and commercial. They had a son, david gordon rowling murray, in 2003. Joanne rowling was born on 31st july 1965 at yate general hospital near bristol, and grew up in gloucestershire in england and in chepstow, gwent, in southeast wales. Here are 33 fascinating facts you might not have known about jk rowlings immensely popular series. Like when jk rowling is said to have told radcliffe that he has a death sentence. Twitter is trolling jk rowling with savage harry potter tweets. On this fateful journey, she was traveling back to london on a crowded. She had a second child, david, in 2003, and a third, mackenzie, in january 2005. Rowling said one of the events that led to the disintegration of their relationship was in december 2003, when peter rowling offered his first editions of the harry potter books for sale. Rowling clarified in a twitter string that she composed the book more than 10 years prior to perusing to her youngsters and had intended to discharge it after the finish of harry potter in 2007, however, discovered it assumed a lower priority so as to keep in touch with her books for grownups. Their son, david gordon rowling murray, was born on 24 march 2003.
Harry potter author jk rowling shares new childrens. Rowling, is a british author and screenwriter best known for her sevenbook harry potter childrens book series. Well just like harry didnt know he was a wizard, there are plenty of things most viewersreaders still dont know about the harry potter franchise. His comingofage exploits were the subject of seven enormously popular novels 19972007, which were adapted into eight films 200111. Rowlings auspicious train ride was the beginning of an amazing voyage for us all. Rowling may have finished the harry potter books a long time ago, but. Jk rowling is most wellknown for being the queen who wrote the harry potter books. They live in edinburgh with their son, david born 2003 and daughter. Harry potter books movies jk rowling had harry potter, the beloved fictional character created by author j. Rowlings parents never received a college education, she lived for years. Rowling without personalisations on the title page and certified by her official hologram bearing the publication date of the book 2107 07. Rowling may have finished the harry potter books a long time ago, but this doesnt mean shes let go of them. Rowling has one child, jessica born 1993, from her previous marriage.
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