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Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone
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Harry potter and the SorcererÒs Stone
J. K. Rowling
Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born on July 31, 1966 in Chipping Sodbury, England to Anne
and Peter Rowling. At two, she had a sister called Di. She lived in Bristol, England until she was
nine when she moved to a village in Tutshill. On her first day of school in Bristol, she thought she
had “finished” school and didnt need to go back. She said she really liked it. At Tutshill, though,
she didnt like it at all! During those days she was very unhappy. She lived near an old castle on a
cliff (you can guess where Hogwarts came from) and by a graveyard. People who knew that thought
she was weird. But she made a lot of friends because she told them wonderful stories. Her best
friends were Ian and Vikki Potter. Joanne made up many stories. Her favorite was called Rabbit.
She wrote it at age six and actually thought it could be published! Joanne really liked to read, but
she still really liked making up stories better. She had many phases when she liked certain types of
books. She also had phases with pets, such as when she had tropical fish as pets, she wanted every
thing that had to do with them. She had other pets. She had a dog, Thumper, two guinea pigs who
got eaten by a fox, and another dog, Misty, who stayed around until Joanne went to University.
She had an interesting childhood. Didnt she?
Joanne K.Rowling was going to high school. She went to Wyedean Comprehensive. Her favorite
subject was always English, but she never got better in
sports and broke her arm playing them. At lunch, as always, she made up and told her
friends, stories. They were mainly about her friends and her as heroes, doing great deeds. She was
made head girl on her final year. Then, she went to Exeter University. She took French and spent
one year in Paris studying French and teaching English part-time. That was the end of school for her.
After finishing school, J.K, Rowling decided that she needed a job. So she went around doing
interviews and things like that. She got a job as secretary of Amnesty International. She had to
leave that soon though, because she barely even took notes. She doodled pretty much the whole
time! So she started thinking about what job she should have. She remembered that she had liked
teaching English at Paris when she was in university, and wanted to teach in an interesting place, so
she decided to be an English teacher in Portugal. As she was there, she married a Portuguese
Journalist, Jorge Arantes in 1990. Soon after, in 1993, she gave birth to Jessica Isabel Rowling
Arantes. She was Joannes greatest joy. But sadly, her mother died around then. Then, Joanne
missed her family and divorced and took Jessica to England. She decided to live with her sister in
Edinburgh, Scotland. On the train ride there, she suddenly had a vision of Harry Potter. She was
so excited and started thinking of the characters and the plot. At the end of the ride, she was
ready for Harry Potter. At Edinburgh, she started teaching French and whenever she could, she
went to a cafй to write. Then, she married Dr. Neil Murray. When Harry Potter and the Sorcerers
Stone was published, and she received all that money, she decided to be a full time writer, which
was always her wish. She was so
happy and decided she was really lucky. She later on had two more children, David Gordon
Rowling Murray (2003), and Mackenzie Rowling Murray (2005). What a life!
J. K. Rowlings first four books had a lot of prizes. Harry potter and the Sorcerers Stone won the
Smarties Book Prize Gold Award 1997, the British Book Awards Childrens Book of the Year, and so
many others. Then, theres Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, winning the same prizes
and the North East award, with lots more too but I cant name all. Then, theres the Prisoner of
Askaban winning the Smarties Gold, American library association, Young Adults, Los Angeles times,
Booklist, and the Carnegie medal. Last of all, theres The Goblet of Fire. It won the British Book
awards, Publishers Weekly, Smithsonian, Amazon.com Editors Choice, Booklist, and ALA Notable
Childrens books.
This is a seminary work about the first book: Harry Potter and