Through The Years With J.K. Rowling

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J.K. Rowling&#039;s story, the author of the famous &quot;Harry Potter&quot; book series, is a very interesting story filled with valuable lessons. Her life had all the ups and downs of one of her books, and she&#039;s managed to come out on top!

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00:00 J.K. Rowling's story, the author of the famous saga Harry Potter, is a very interesting

00:09 story filled with valuable lessons.

00:14 Did you know that Joanne Rowling, better known as J.K. Rowling, decided to finish and publish

00:19 Harry Potter at one of the worst times in her life?

00:23 When she made the decision, she was a single mother that was going through many difficulties,

00:28 barely surviving, and with depression.

00:33 On a trip from Manchester to London, she suddenly came up with the character of Harry Potter.

00:38 According to Joanne, this idea came out of nowhere, and with it came the story and characters.

00:47 In 1995, Rowling finished her manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

00:53 on an old typewriter.

00:55 The book was sent to 12 publishing companies, and all of them rejected it because the title

01:00 alluded to a children's text.

01:05 In June of 1997, Bloomsbury published the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's

01:11 Stone, with an initial print run of 1,000 copies, of which 500 were distributed to public

01:17 libraries.

01:20 Harry Potter is now a global brand with an estimated value of $15 billion.

01:27 The series has been translated, in whole or in part, into 65 languages.

01:35 It has also been recognized as awakening interest in reading among young people, at a time when

01:40 it was thought that children would abandon books for computers and television.

01:47 One of the main stipulations that Jo insisted on was that the movies be filmed in Great

01:52 Britain and with an all-British cast, including production cast and extras.

01:59 In July of 2011, Rowling said that her new book would be quite different from what the

02:04 public was used to reading from her.

02:09 The Casual Vacancy chronicles a struggle for public office in a small English town and

02:14 deals with issues like family violence, among others.

02:20 In April of 2013, Little, Brown and Company published The Cuckoo's Calling, a novel by

02:27 the supposed author Robert Galbraith.

02:30 After a thorough investigation by the Sunday Times, it was discovered that Galbraith was

02:35 a pseudonym for Rowling.

02:39 In 2004, Forbes named Rowling the first person to become a billionaire just by writing books.

02:48 Beyond her money, Rowling's exploits as a writer have made her one of the most influential

02:53 people in the world.

02:55 She is a person whose face is not unknown for either those who read her novels or for

03:00 those many who know her by reference.

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