Happy Birthday JK Rowling: 5 Interesting facts about the ‘Harry Potter’ writer
Joanne Rowling, known colloquially as J. K. Rowling, is a British author and benefactor. She has the titles of CH OBE, HonFRSE, FRCPE, and FRSL. “Harry Potter“, a seven-volume family fantasy novel that was released between 1997 to 2007, is written by her.
JK Rowling has made most of her readers’ childhood into believing that magic exists, somewhere out here. Created her own world and let the audience be a part of the wonderland. As she turns 57 on July 31, instead of simply just wishing her, “Happy Birthday JK Rowling” here are some interesting facts about Rowling just to honor her work and achievements.
Happy Birthday JK Rowling: 5 Interesting facts about the ‘Harry Potter’ writer
1. Career Breakthrough
The writer, Joanne Rowling, was born on July 31, 1965, in Yate General Hospital, a suburb of Bristol.
At the tender young age of six, Joanne penned her maiden book, named “Rabbit,”. Despite not having a forename, she adopted the initials ‘JK’ for the “Harry Potter” serial at the urging of her distributor, who was concerned that a novel written by a woman might not be successful.
2. Magic She Wrote
She is most afraid of losing someone she loves. Rowling began composing the “Harry Potter” novel six months prior to her mother’s passing, and she has expressed sadness at not being granted the opportunity to inform her mom about it.
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3. Philanthropy
The writer is well recognized for her altruistic endeavors. In 2000, she founded the Volant Charitable Trust to support mothers and children in Scotland. She has also given substantially to the study of Parkinson’s disease.
4. Continuing The Magic
J.K. Rowling continued the thrill following completing the seven Harry Potter books with the March 2001 releases of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and “Quidditch Through The Ages” in support of Comedy Relief. In December 2008, she published “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” to raise money for her global charitable organization, Lumos.
5. Not Giving Up
She mentioned that while writing the “Harry Potter” series, she was rejected by a lot of publishers during the initial days. But after consistency and confidence, she didn’t not give up and in the end, she was left was a couple of best selling books and films which she did the screenplay of.
