Little Known Facts About J. K. Rowling
How Well Do You Know the Creator of the Harry Potter Series?
J. K. stands for Joanne Kathleen. J. K. Rowling chose to use initials for her books because her publisher feared that if readers knew she was female, they would lose interest in the boy wizard, Harry Potter. Of course, everyone later learned this was hardly the case.
Harry Potter was created on napkins while J. K. Rowling was a single mother traveling by train. She completed her first book-length manuscript on an old manual typewriter while she was unemployed and living on state benefits.
Twelve publishing houses initially rejected her first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. A small publisher, Bloomsbury, finally decided to give Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling a chance, awarding the author a small advance.
J. K. Rowling experienced quite a turnaround with the success of Harry Potter, and in 2006, the author was named the second richest female entertainer in the world behind Oprah Winfrey. Her fortune is estimated at just over One Billion U.S. Dollars.
The sixth book of the Harry Potter series sold more copies in twenty-four hours than The Da Vinci Code sold in a year. It also earned the Guinness Book of World Records Award for being the fastest selling book ever.
J. K. Rowling has assured the world that the seventh book in the Harry Potter series will also be the last. Although famous authors such as Stephen King and John Irving have begged J. K. Rowling not to kill off Harry Potter, the author has remained ambiguous about the boy wizard's fate.
J. K. Rowling contributes a good deal of money and support to charitable causes. She has suggested that she might publish an encyclopedia of the Harry Potter world, and contribute any and all earnings from the publication to charity.
Although J. K. Rowling will not be adding any more books to the Harry Potter series, she does intend to continue writing. In 2006, she revealed plans for another children's book about a monster, aimed at a younger audience than those that enjoy Harry Potter's adventures.
J. K. Rowling's own adventure is a truly remarkable rags to riches story. Thanks for reading these little known facts about J. K. Rowling.
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Post a CommentWhat drivel. Little known facts are what you have been told. What twelve publishers before she sent to Little? Name them or ... haven't they told you. Try finding out something on your own bat and see how far you get. Her PR people dish out this stuff on a regular basis they way a farmer would throw corn to hens. And her stormbloggers distribute it throughout all thesocial networks with accompanying "oohs" and "aahs" just like you find here.
i have not read all your books yet but my mom and my brother are crazy about your books every time a new harry potter movie comes out we all go see it and my mom and brother pick out all the details that were left out in the movie that was important in the books lol... your an amazing writer!
it wont let me go back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but it was a really good article!
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I don't read books and i dont like them lol
j.k rowling is my all time favourite author she is amazin, nothin is better than her!
These are hardly "little known facts" but I liked your article.
jk rowling rocks, no doubt about it.She is my most favoritist author in the whole wide world
well i liked all the books fun to read and love the movies
HEYY ITS ME IM DOING A PROJECT ON U @ SCHOOL I WAS LOOKIN UP SUM PICS AND I SAW U AND THIS OLD OLD MAN HE WAS TOUCHING YOUER BOOB.......... BY BEING YOUR FANS TELL US WATS UP!!!!!!!!!:)