any one???????? jk rowling's biogarphy ????????

Answer 1

JK Rowling's Biography
Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, in Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol, England. Her parents were both Londoners that moved to the outskirts of Bristol where her mother gave birth at the age of twenty.

Jo's younger sister, Di was born 1 year and 11 months later. Her mother gave birth to Di in the bedroom while JKR played with plasticine in the kitchen. Jo and Di were "best friends" at an older age (as well as being sisters of course...)

It was when the family moved to Winterbourne (to a home with stairs) that JK Rowling's first Potter influence was found - a family which lived down the street with the surname 'Potter'. It was the young boy of this family which has since claimed he "is" Harry, which is incorrect. He also once threw a stone at Di, which he regretted when Jo ran to the rescue and hit him over the head with a plastic sword.

The next move was to Chepstow, Wales which coincided with the sad death of JKR's favourite grandparent, Kathleen, from whom Jo took the middle initial when Harry Potter was to be published. After moving from the primary school she hated to secondary school, JKR met Sean Harris, owner of the Ford Anglia to whom "Chamber of Secrets" is dedicated.

In 1983 Jo left school and went on to Exeter University to study French. A graduate of that University she moved on to London before going upto Manchester on a house hunt with, who was then, her boyfriend. It was on the train from Manchester back to London that the Harry Potter idea popped into her head.

That very evening JKR started writing "Philosopher's Stone" which was quickly swelling and developing from one story into a whole career at Hogwarts. However, devastation was caused when Jo's mother died on December 30th 1990 at the young age of forty five years old. Nine months later JKR left for Portugal.

It was in Portugal that the novel developed to include the "Mirror of Erised" - JKR's favourite chapter of "Philosopher's Stone." JK Rowling returned to Edinburgh, Britain in 1994 with her very young daughter Jessica.

With plans to return to full-time teaching Jo was in a frenzy to finish her book, worried that she may never complete it with a job and a daughter to care for single-handedly. On welfare benefits, with a failed marriage and the task of single-mother Ms. Rowling successfully finished her book!

After typing out the manuscript JKR sent off the first three chapters to an agent, but had it returned. She tried a second time and recieved a blessed letter from the Christopher Little agency who asked to see the rest of the story. After endorsing Rowling as an author it took her agent a year to find a publisher, most of whom refused.

Finally, in August 1996 Jo received a telephone call from her agent saying that Bloomsbury had "made an offer", to which Jo replied in jubilation "You mean it's going to be published?". After hanging up JKR tells us that she "Screamed and jumped into the air." and that "Jessica, who was sitting in her high-chair enjoying tea, looked thoroughly scared." Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was sold (the word "Philosopher" was changed to "Sorcerer" for its publication in America), for the equivalent of about $4,000.

By the summer of 2000, the first three Harry Potter books: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban earned approximately $480 million in three years, with over 35 million copies in print in 35 languages. In July 2000, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire saw a first printing of 5.3 million copies and advance orders of over 1.8 million.

In late December 2001, Rowling married Dr. Neil Murrary. Her second child and first son, David Gordon Rowling Murry, was born on March 24th 2003 and their third child, Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murrarywas born in January 2005.

The fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, hit book stores on June 21st, 2003. It remained at the top sellers lists for many months after.

The latest book, Half Blood Prince, hit book stores on July 16th 2005, breaking many records. It sold 6.9 million copies in it's first 24 hours in the USA and 2 million in the UK. It also broke many other records, including translation into Braille almost immediately, huge printing records and more.

Answer 2

I have one called "The Wizard behind Harry Potter" by Mark Shapiro. Published by St martin's Griffin.
I wouldn't really recommend the book. It appears as though the author has just read a couple of news paper articles and written a book based on the information he found out. He's just someone riding on JK's fame band wagon.
But in the absence of a better alternative, I guess the book is pretty informative, if not terrible interesting.
Hope that helped. :-)

Answer 3

I want to show you a simple way for reading her biography:
Just visit her official website and click on biography, there is her complete biography with some photos.
http://www.jkrowling.com/

Answer 4

i think there's one by Mark Shapiro.if i'm not mistaken it was published by Penguin.its called the Wizard Behind Harry Potter

Answer 5

Never read it. Is it a good read? Whew, I didn't think anybody read anymore.

Answer 6

Try this link:-

http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9465815

Answer 7

she made a short one on her website http:www.jkrowling.com. you can read it there