• Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling and Anne Rowling , on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England.

• As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. 

• When she was a young teenager, her great aunt gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels Mitford became Rowling's heroine, she read all of her books.

• Marriage and divorce-She got married with Jorge Arantes and had a child, but then they got divorced.-It is suggested that Rowling suffered domestic abuse.

• Single parenthood-She was jobless.-She was living with her daughter off of welfare.-She was suffering from clinical depression.

• Rejection-Rowling sent the manuscript many publishing companies and she received rejection letters.

1997: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

1999: National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2000: Order of the British Empire, Officer (for services to Children's literature)

2000: Locus Award, winner Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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

2011: British Academy Film Awards, Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema for the Harry Potter film series, shared with David Heyman, cast and crew

2012: Freedom of the City of London

She adopted her pen name, J.K., incorporating her grandmother's name, Kathleen, for the latter initial.

By the summer of 2000, the first three Harry Potter books earned approximately $480 million in three years, with over 35 million copies.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, sold 6.9 million copies in the U.S in its first 24 hours.

The film of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone earned an estimated $93.5 million.

She has three children; Jessica, David and Mackenzie.

On a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990, Rowling wrote her initial Potter ideas on a napkin.

12 publishing houses rejected her original Harry Potter manuscripts, but eventually small publisher Bloomsbury gave her a chance.

Rowling attended a village school in Tutshill. One of her teachers was one of the individuals who influenced the character of Severus Snape.

JK Rowling goes on Harry Potter fan sites; she once visited the chatroom of popular site Mugglenet, and got told to keep quiet by regulars as she didn't know enough about Harry Potter.

Even though you have had a difficult time, you can accomplish all your dreams just like she did. Never give up because everything is possible. She never

gave up on her dreams and now she is famous, and has a better life. J.K. Rowling really

beat the odds!