J.K. Rowling Author Study

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-J.K. Rowling

Name: Joanne Rowling (also writes under pseudonym Robert Galbraith)

Born: July 1965

From: England

Education: Graduated from Exeter University 1986, BA in French and Classics

Notable Work History: Researcher at Amnesty International in London

TEFL Teacher in Northern Portugal

Personal Life: Started first Harry Potter book on a delayed train trip in 1990

Married Jorge Arantes in Portugal, October 1992

Daughter Jessica born July 1993

Rowling and daughter moved to Edenborough, Scotland

Divorced 1994

-J.K. Rowling

-J.K. Rowling

1997: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

1998: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

1999: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2000: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2003: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2005: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2007: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

1997: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

1998: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

1999: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2000: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2003: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2005: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2007: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

www.jkrowling.com

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-J.K. Rowling