J.K. Rowling - Short Biography

Joanne "Jo" Rowling, (born 31 July 1965), better known as J. K. Rowling, is a British novelist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies to become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a popular series of films, in which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts as well as maintaining creative control by serving as a producer on the final instalment. Rowling conceived the idea for the series on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990.

J.K Rowling

Rowling has led a "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on social security to multi-millionaire status within five years. As of March 2011, when its latest world billionaires list was published, Forbes estimated Rowling's net worth to be US$1 billion.As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. She recalls that "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit.

On February 23, 2012, Little, Brown & Company announced it would publish Rowlings first novel for adults.

JK Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech video June 5, 2008

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J K Rowling has received the following honors and awards:

  1. 1997: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  2. 1998: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  3. 1998: British Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  4. 1999: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  5. 1999: National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  6. 1999: Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  7. 2000: British Book Awards, Author of the Year
  8. 2000: Order of the British Empire, Officer
  9. 2001: Hugo Award for Best Novel, winner Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  10. 2003: Premio Príncipe de Asturias, Concord
  11. 2003: Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers, winner Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  12. 2006: British Book of the Year, winner for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
  13. 2007: Blue Peter Badge, Gold
  14. 2008: British Book Awards, Outstanding Achievement
  15. 2009: Légion d'honneur, presented by French President Nicolas Sarkozy
  16. 2010: Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, inaugural award winner
  17. 2011: British Academy Film Awards, Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema for the Harry Potter film series, shared with David Heyman, cast and crew
  18. Honorary degrees: St Andrews University, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, University of Exeter, Harvard University

Get more information of J.K Rowling

Official homepage at jkrowling.com
Twitter at twitter.com/jk_rowling
IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm0746830
Wikipedia article on J. K. Rowling
Last.fm page on J.K. Rowling

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