J.K. ROW LING the untold story
BY REGINA BUGARIN / ENGLISH / 301 / TEACHER ALEJANDRA DÍAZ / XOCHICALCO
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INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION J.K. Rowling, is a British author and screenwriter best known for her sevenbook Harry Potter children's book series. The series has sold more than 500 million copies and was adapted into a blockbuster film franchise.
J.K. Rowling is Founder and President of Lumos, an international children's charity fighting for every child's right to a family.
In addition to being known for being the author of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling has also written three small companion volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry’s school books within the novels. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
She also published her first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy (Little, Brown), which has now been translated into 44 languages and adapted for television by the BBC in 2015.
BY REGINA BUGARIN / ENGLISH / 301 / TEACHER ALEJANDRA DÍAZ / XOCHICALCO
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ROW LING'S LIFE Rowling was born Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965, in Yate, England. She adopted her pen name, J.K., incorporating her grandmother's name, Kathleen, for the latter initial (Rowling does not have a middle name).
A graduate of the University of Exeter, Rowling moved to Portugal in 1990 to teach English. There, she met and married the Portuguese journalist Jorge Arantes. The couple's daughter, Jessica, was born in 1993. After her marriage ended in divorce, Rowling moved to Edinburgh with her daughter to live near her younger sister, Di. While struggling to support her daughter Jessica and herself on welfare, Rowling worked on her first book in the Harry Potter series. The idea for the book reportedly occurred to her while she was traveling on a train from Manchester to London in 1990. After a number of rejections, Rowling finally sold her first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, for the equivalent of about $4,000; it hit shelves in June 1997. The word "Philosopher" in the book’s original title was changed to "Sorcerer" for its publication in America.
The book was the start of a seven-book series chronicling the life of the young wizard Harry Potter and his motley band of cohorts at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In 2001, the film adaptation of the first book was released by Warner Bros., and was followed by six more book adaptations, concluding with the release of the eighth film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, in 2011. In 2012, J.K. Rowling’s digital company Pottermore was launched, which became Wizarding World Digital in 2019. Pottermore Publishing continues to be the global digital publisher of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and the Wizarding World. Also in 2012, J.K. Rowling published her first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy (Little, Brown), which has now been translated into 44 languages and was adapted for TV by the BBC in 2015.
BY REGINA BUGARIN / ENGLISH / 301 / TEACHER ALEJANDRA DÍAZ / XOCHICALCO
In March 2020, J.K. Rowling and Wizarding World partners launched the Harry Potter At Home initiative to entertain children stuck at home during the Covid-19 pandemic with the first Harry Potter book read aloud by celebrities on video, and made available for free through audiobook and ebook streaming. In May 2020, J.K. Rowling’s fairy tale for younger children, The Ickabog, was serialised for free online for children during the Covid-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, and is now published as a book illustrated by children, with her royalties going to charities supporting vulnerable groups affected by the pandemic. October 2021 sees the publication of her latest children’s novel The Christmas Pig, a standalone adventure story about a boy’s love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it.
JK ROWLING IS A GREAT WRITER, AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE HAS CAUSED MUCH CONTROVERSY AND MANY HAVE DISAGREED, HER TALENT IS INDISPUTABLE, AND THE MAGICAL WORLD AND LEGACY SHE LEFT WITH HARRY POTTER AND THE LEGACY THAT SHE WILL LEAVE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS (FANTASTIC ANIMALS ) WILL BE UNFORGETTABLE AND FULL OF MAGIC.
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REFERENCES REFERENCES REFERENCES
J.K. Rowling Biography.(2014). Biography Editors. Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/writer/jk-rowling.
J.K Rowling Biography.(2016). J.K Rowling Web Site. Retrieved from https://www.jkrowling.com/about/
BY REGINA BUGARIN / ENGLISH / 301 / TEACHER ALEJANDRA DÍAZ / XOCHICALCO