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28 J.K. Rowling Unit 5: Amazing Personalities

Discover the renowned author J.K. Rowling, the creator of the magical Harry
Potter series!

1. Her full name is Joanne Rowling. She doesn’t have a middle name, but chose the
initial "K" in honor of her grandmother, Kathleen.

2. Interestingly, J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter share the same birthday – July 31st.

3. She first scribbled down her ideas for Harry Potter on a napkin while riding a

train to London.

4. Twelve publishers rejected the original Harry Potter manuscript before

Bloomsbury finally accepted it.

5. In 2001, she was honored with the Order of the British Empire.

6. Before inventing "Quidditch", she had filled notebook pages with imaginary

words starting with “Q”.

7. From being unemployed, Rowling’s life turned around as she became a multi-

millionaire within a few years.

8. The first film of Fantastic Beasts: The Secret of Dumbledore premiered in 2002.

9. She stepped into adult fiction in 2012, releasing her first book for adults.

10. Under the pen name “Robert Galbraith”, she published a

crime novel in 2013.

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