J.K. Rowling- Author from 'Rags' to 'Riches'

J. K. Rowling was born on 31st July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. she is famous as the author of the ever bestselling fctional series of Harry Potter and also as one of the richest women in the world. she was born as joanne Murray Rowling and later adopted her grandmother's name 'Kathleene' to create a middle intial.

She was interested in books from her childhood which was encouraged by her parents who loved reading too and their house in chesthow was full of books. she has written fictional novels since she was a child and always wanted to be an author. in fact, she wrote her first book at the age of six- a story about a rabbit which was called "rabbit".

Before publishing the HP series, she led a very poor life in England. she has stated that it was during a train journey from manchester to london that the charecter oh harry Potter strolled into her mind. and by the time she reached King's cross(which is included in the story) most of the characters had took shape.

On 16 October 1992, she married Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes. Their one child, Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes (named after Jessica Mitford), was born on 27 July 1993 in Portugal. They separated in November 1993. In December 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved to be near her sister in Edinburgh, Scotland. During this period Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression, and contemplated suicide.On 26 December 2001, Rowling married Neil Michael Murray (born 30 June 1971), an anaesthetist, in a private ceremony at her Aberfeldy home. This was a second marriage for both Rowling and Murray, as Murray had previously been married to Dr. Fiona Duncan in 1996. Murray and Duncan separated in 1999 and divorced in the summer of 2001. Rowling and Murray's son, David Gordon Rowling Murray, was born on 24 March 2003. Shortly after Rowling began writing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince she took a break from working on the novel to care for him in his early infancy. Rowling's youngest child, daughter Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray, to whom she dedicated Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was born 23 January 2005.
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