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In 1990, while Rowling ( 24 years old ) was
taking a long train journey from Manchester to London in England and the idea for Harry just came into her head. Through the window, she seem saw a spindly and black-hair wizard with glasses on, smiled at her. She always stayed at the Nicholson coffee shop, which was near her home, and wrote the story-Harry Potter. After ��Harry Potter�� was published, Rowling became a very famous national writer. Rowling said that ��Harry Potter�� is a book can bring her happiness, questionless, it is the same for the readers. |
Biography
| Joanne Kathleen Rowling ( J.K. Rowling ) Family & Friends call her "Jo", but the fans call her "JK". |
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| Rowling was born on July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury in the UK. | |
| Took education in Wyedean Comprehensive. Major in French and Classical Literature in Exeter University. Took the teacher training in Moray House Teacher Training College in Manchester. |
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| Peter was a director of the Rolls-Royce. | |
| In 1990, Anne died in multiple sclerosis. She was only 40 years old. |
Dianne is younger then Rowling for 2 years. She is a nurse, and studies Laws in Edinburgh. |
| In 1991(she was 26), she taught the children English in Portugal, and she married a News reporter. After their daughter was born, they got a divorce. |
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| Jessica, Rowling's only child, was born in 1993. |
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