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J.K Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, saved reading. She took 5 years to do it. It took her 5 years to write and get the first Harry Potter book published. She went to over 10 publishers before someone finally published it. “The original edition appeared on June 30, 1997, in a run of 500 copies, most of which went to public libraries.”(Lebrecht), that’s how many people were expected to read her book. But after the word got out of Harry Potter everyone started reading it. Harry Potter greatly impacted society greatly by making everyone; even adults want to read again.
Joanne Rowling is J.K Rowling’s first name. Her publisher told her she should use a more feminine name, to appeal to young boy readers. So she chose to use J.K. J standing for Joanne and K standing for Kathleen the name of her grandmother. Joanne was born in July of 1965 in England. She grew up in Chepstow, Gwent. After Joanne started writing the first Harry Potter book she moved to Northern Portugal. She got married in October of 1992 and had her first baby girl a year later. After her marriage ended, she...

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