Who is J. K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into at least 70 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. The Casual Vacancy (2012) was her first novel for adults. She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, as Robert Galbraith.Born in Yate, Rowling graduated with a degree in French from the University of Exeter in 1987 and began working temp jobs as a bilingual secretary. In 1990, the idea for the characters of Harry Potter came to her while she waited on a delayed train; later that year, ...
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- Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.
- The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
- I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
- The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.
- No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing.
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Rowlingmore: “i’ve lived to see the left become incredibly puritanical, and rigid, and watching the outright, and this isn’t a new phenomenon.” - j.k. rowling.Georgementz: j.k. rowling fires back when activist burns her books in a 'trans rights' social media post
Hat_wells: no.5: the witch trials of j. k. rowling. i've been meaning to start this for a long while and have finally this week so early days.
Cgulia0_fc: “it is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” – j.k. rowling
Hp_reveals_bot: j.k. rowling reveals george weasley actually had ivory eyes, tangled hair, and a sensitive personality.
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