J.K. Rowling is one of the most influential writers of the 20th-21st century with one of her most popular book ever written which had been formatted into several largely grossing movies: Harry Potter.
Joanne Rowling or as she is most know for her pen name: J.K. Rowling, was born on July 31st, 1965 in Yate, United Kingdom. At a young age, J.K. Rowling wrote fantasy stories often which only progressed during her life. In 1982, Rowling had taken the entrance exams for acceptance in to Oxford University but was turned down and instead was accepted to the University of Ester where she would study abroad in Paris before her graduation in 1986. After gradating for college in 1986, Rowling became a secretary for a company operating in London called: Amnesty International. At the time she was working, she begin to write a story that would snowball into one of most recognized book series in literature: Harry Potter but as she was working on Harry Potter, her mother passed away which effected her writing but she made it through by channeling her feeling through writing. Rowling soon fell into a depression thanks to a miscarriage, failed marriage and a hunt for job after job but this depression inspired characters known as: Dementors which would be introduced in the third book. After the first Harry Potter book was finished, Rowling was rejected by several publishers before someone took it and after it was published, the book blasted off; selling numerous copies in several days. In short, Rowling's life was a "rags-to-riches" type story where she ends up wealthy because of her brilliant book series.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling
Joanne Rowling or as she is most know for her pen name: J.K. Rowling, was born on July 31st, 1965 in Yate, United Kingdom. At a young age, J.K. Rowling wrote fantasy stories often which only progressed during her life. In 1982, Rowling had taken the entrance exams for acceptance in to Oxford University but was turned down and instead was accepted to the University of Ester where she would study abroad in Paris before her graduation in 1986. After gradating for college in 1986, Rowling became a secretary for a company operating in London called: Amnesty International. At the time she was working, she begin to write a story that would snowball into one of most recognized book series in literature: Harry Potter but as she was working on Harry Potter, her mother passed away which effected her writing but she made it through by channeling her feeling through writing. Rowling soon fell into a depression thanks to a miscarriage, failed marriage and a hunt for job after job but this depression inspired characters known as: Dementors which would be introduced in the third book. After the first Harry Potter book was finished, Rowling was rejected by several publishers before someone took it and after it was published, the book blasted off; selling numerous copies in several days. In short, Rowling's life was a "rags-to-riches" type story where she ends up wealthy because of her brilliant book series.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling