While struggling to support her daughter Jessica and herself on welfare, Rowling worked on her first book in the Harry Potter series. The idea for the book reportedly occurred to her while she was traveling on a train from Manchester to London in Rowling's Incredible Rags to Riches Story. The book was the start of a seven-book series chronicling the life of the young wizard Harry Potter and his motley band of cohorts at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The phenomenal response to Rowling's books culminated in July , when the fourth volume in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , became the fastest-selling book in 24 hours ever.
The book saw a first printing of 5. After a postponed release date, the fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , hit bookstores in June The sixth installment, released in July , sold 6.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was the biggest opening in publishing history. Rowling does not plan to write any more books in the series, although she has not entirely ruled out the possibility. Rowling's Characters. This collection of five fables mentioned in the Harry Potter book series, The Tales of Beedle the Bard , was released on December 4, , at a tea party for schoolchildren at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Rowling donated all royalties from the book to the Children's High Level Group which has been renamed Lumos , a charity that she co-founded to support institutionalized children in Eastern Europe.
Rowling's first book aimed at adults, The Casual Vacancy , was published in September The novel, a dark comedy about a local election in the small English town of Pagford, received mixed reviews. Arantes was a television journalist and the two met at a bar, connecting through a mutual appreciation for the works of Jane Austen.
Jessica was named after English author Jessica Mitford. Months later, in November , Rowling and Arantes separated , with Arantes publicly admitting in that he had physically abused Rowling.
Rowling, who had already begun an early draft of the first Harry Potter novel, moved with Jessica to Edinburgh, Scotland, in December She took Jessica to cafes to write because the flat they lived in was too cold to occupy all day.
She has her own YouTube channel , on which she offers lifestyle advice, and gives makeup tips and inspiration to her followers. Rowling's parents met on a train from King's Cross Station. After Rowling used King's Cross as a gateway into the Wizarding World, it has since become a popular tourist spot.
Rowling moved to Porto to teach. In , she returned to the UK accompanied by her daughter and three completed chapters of Harry Potter after her marriage had deteriorated. Rowling facts for kids Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Quick facts for kids. Jorge Arantes m. Neil Murray m. Main page: Harry Potter. Rowling's childhood home, Church Cottage, Tutshill, Gloucestershire. All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles including the article images and facts can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.
More recently, however, she has been under fire for comments about transgender people, with Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson disagreeing with her comments. As a result, many fans have become interested in her private life, with her children and partners of high interest. The couple met 18 months after Rowling landed in Porto, where she moved to teach English as a foreign language.
She wrote during the day before teaching evening classes, but The Scotsman reported she came across Arantes in a bar, where they both shared an interest in Jane Austen.
The couple married on October 16, , but they separated not long after their birth of their daughter, in November , and by December she and Jessica had moved to Edinburgh in Scotland. The couple married in a private ceremony at her home in Killiechassie House in Scotland on December 26,
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