Most of you know that J.K. Rowling was poor and living on the street when she decided to write Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Well believe it or not she had to of started somewhere. So this is where she began.
Something I have already found cool in the first line of her biography was that her parents met at a place called King's Cross Station (Sound familiar?), which is some somewhere in Scotland I think. But if you didnt guess, yes King's Cross is the same place Harry Potter went to get on the Hogwart's Express in the first nearly every book but the 2nd and 7th one (will look up later when I get around to the books). But anyway, her father was in the military and her mother was in the station and was cold. He offered her a part of his jacket, and BOOM! They got married a little over a year later at the age of 19.
They got out of the navy and moved to Bristol (a West part of England), and had a baby name Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Later a second girl named Di. Johanne witnessed her moments after being born.
A couple years later their family moved to Winterbourne where they had stairs and used to play a game called "the cliff game". I'm not exactly sure what that is but I'm sure you can look it up somewhere. Later though when she was about 9 years old they moved once again to Chepstow, in Wales.
She went to a school she hated until she was about 11 years old. This is the place where the Chamber of Secrets is dedicated. Her friend Sean Harris learned how to drive and much of her teenage years consisted of zooming down the highway in Sean’s white car.
Later she moved to Manchester with her current boyfriend at the time and that very weekend she was on a train on her way home, when Harry Potter popped up in her head. She sat in the train for 4 long hours thinking of the details of Harry Potter, the first few pages of most her books don't resemble anything that was later published. While in the making of her first book, Harry's feelings about his dead parents were growing on him. Due to the death of Johann's mother who had died 9 months before. She moved to Portugal and got an English teaching job. While there instead of holding a completed book, she got a daughter. Her marrige didn't work out, but she moved back, and continued writing her book.
She wrote nearly every night, while her daughter would be sleeping. She was desprete to get it done quickly because she felt that if she didn't, she would never finish it. Even though she loved the book sometimes she hated it, such as having to type the thing out. (I find this funny).
So she sent the first 3 chapters to an agent, then to a second agent. About a year later a publisher named Bloomsbury made an offer. She was incredibly excited! Enough that her daughter Jessica looked absolutely terrified. I'm guessing you can tell what happens next.
It seems that she was not living on the streets so the rumor was wrong. I honestly didnt know this myself so I am glad that I read this to tell others the truth. If you have any questions or comments you can leave a comment on my post. Or you can read the link on the right side of my page. Knock yourselves out.
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