Joanne Katheline RowlingMerkulova Marina,Atapina Valentina

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Joanne Rowling is a world-known modern English

writer.She was born in

Yate, Gloucestershire, England on the,

31th of July, 1965.She is an author of novels “Harry

Potter”.

Name J. Rowling writes under the pen name "J. K. Rowling“. Her first Harry Potter book was published was simply "Joanne Rowling".

Fearing that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that

she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she chose K as the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother

Kathleen Ada Bulgen Rowling. Following her marriage, she has sometimes used the name

Joanne Murray.

BACKGROUND

Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling and Anne Rowling (née Volant), on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French, half-Scottish. Her mother's grandfather, a Dr Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arrant. Her sister Dianne (Di) was born at their home on 28 June 1967 when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore.

As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would read to her sister. She recalls that "I can still remember me

telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first

story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his

friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee." At the age of nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Сhepstow, Wales. When she was a

young teenager, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a

questionable kind", gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford’s autobiography, Hons and Rebels. Mitford became Rowling's

heroine, and Rowling read all of her books.

J.K. Rowling writes her book “Harry Potter”

J. Rowling answers

the questions

her audience

«The Elephant House» -

one of the cafes in

Edinburgh in which

Rowling wrote the first Harry

Potter novel.

Rowling is the first person who become a U.S.-dollar billionaire by writing books, the second-richest female entertainer and the 1,062nd richest person in the world. In addition, the 2008 Sunday Times Rich List named Rowling the 144th richest person in Britain. Rowling also owns a home in Merchiston , Edinburgh, and a £4.5 million ($9 million) Georgian house in Kensington, West London, on a street with 24-hour security. On 26 December 2001, Rowling married Neil Michael Murray (born 30 June 1971), an anesthetist , in a private ceremony at her Avertedly home. This happy family has got their son David Gordon Rowling Murray(he was born in 2003) and daughter Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray (was born in 2005). Rowling is a close friend of Sarah Brown, wife of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Rowling has received honorary degrees from St. Andrews University, the University of Edinburgh, Napier University, the University of Exeter, the University of Aberdeen and Harvard University, for whom she spoke at the 2008 commencement ceremony. In 2009 Rowling was awarded the Legion d’honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Interesting facts

Publications Harry Potter series1.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (26 June 1997)2.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2 July 1998)3.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (8 July 1999)4.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (8 July 2000)5.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (21 June 2003)6.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (16 July 2005)7.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (21 July 2007) Other books•Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (supplement to the Harry Potter series) (2001)•Quidditch Through the Ages (supplement to the Harry Potter series) (2001)•The Tales of Beedle the Bard (supplement to the Harry Potter series) (2008) Short story•Harry Potter prequel (July 2008)

Rowling’s books

«Harry Potter and the

Philosopher’s Stone» «Harry

Potter and the Deathly

Hallows»

«Fantastic Beasts and Where to

Find Them»

Awards and honours•1997: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone•1998: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets•1998: British Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone•1999: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban•1999: British Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets•1999: Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban•2000: British Book Awards, Author of the Year.•2000: Order of the British Empire, Officer.•2001: Hugo Award for Best Novel, winner Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire•2003: Premio Príncipe de Asturias, Concord.•2003: Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers, winner Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix•2006: British Book of the Year, winner for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince•2007: Blue Peter Badge, Gold.•2008: British Book Awards, Outstanding Achievement.•2009: Légion d'honneur, presented by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.•2010: Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, inaugural award winner.•2011: British Academy Film Awards, Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema for the Harry Potter film series, shared with David Heyman, cast and crew.•Honorary degrees: St Andrews University, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, University of Exeter, Harvard University

J.K.Rowling after awarding

Rowling and the British Queen Elisabeth

In October 1998, Warner Bros. purchased the film rights to the first two novels. A film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released on 16 November 2001, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on 15 November 2002. Both films were directed by Chris Columbus. 4 June 2004 saw the release of the film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, directed by Alfonso Cuaron. The fourth film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was directed by another new director, Mike Newell, and released on 18 November 2005. The film of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released on 11 July 2007. David Yates directed, and Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay, having taken over the position from Steve Cloves. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released on 15 July 2009.David Yates directed again, and Cloves returned to write the script. In March 2008, Warner Bros. announced that the final installment of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, would be filmed in two segments; with part one being released in November 2010 and part two being released in July 2011. Yates would again return to direct both films.

Films

Heroes of film «Harry Potter»

Fragments of film

Fragments

of Film

Rowling in 2010

Joanne Rowling

will write next novel

“Harry Potter”

References• "Rowling, J.K". World Book. 2006.• Caine heads birthday honours list. BBC News. 17 June 2000. Retrieved 25 October 2000.• JK Rowling Biography. Scholastic.com. Retrieved 20 October 2007.•http://books.google.com/?id=7WZSQJ6aAwEC&dq=J.K.+Rowling.•http://www.thebookseller.com/news/potter-tops-400-million-sales.html•http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/12/09/exclusive-interview-harry-potter-series-producer-david-heyman/

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• "Warner Bros. Pictures Worldwide Satellite Trailer Debut: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1". •http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100920005538/en/Warner-Bros.-Pictures-Worldwide-Satellite-Trailer-Debut%C2%A0Harry

• J.K. Rowling – Forbes. Retrieved March 2011.•Sunday Times Rich List – Joanne Rowling; Women's Rich List – Joanne Rowling. The Sunday Times. 27 April 2008.