Jk. Rowling By J. K. Rowling

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Mrs. Mitzi Quinn
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J.K. Rowling and the Mastermind Behind the Wizardly World of Harry Potter
“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books, but I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book” –J.K. Rowling (Pottermore internet).
Jo Anne Rowling, known all over the literary realm as J.K. Rowling, never desired to become anything but a writer. Even as a young child she would tell her younger sister, Di, made up stories she had imagined in her head. Even Rowling’s childhood friends had great appreciation for her stories. Unlike the majority of successful writers, she does not have extensive schooling in Liberal Arts but instead writes due to her burning passion. “Writing for me has always been a kind of wonderful compulsion.” Said Rowling in a 1999 interview of her early inclination to write. (Adney 21-22). Writing was simply something that she loved to do. Rowling drew inspirations from her own life and incorporated them into her Harry Potter series. The very first story she ever created was a story that was especially special to her little sister. This story did not have the complexity like the Harry Potter novels; instead it was about a rabbit named Rabbit. Di would often times ask her sister to retell the story, because her imagination would spark causing the story to always end differently. Mrs. Rowling has since changed her writing perspective into a more complex subject. Rowling has become a multi-millionaire author by writing the Harry Potter series, which that has been translated into over 65 languages. Rowling has experienced many life-changing events that triggered her child-like imagination into creating an entire wizardly world based on the groundbr...

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Because of one special boy, Rowling has become an extremely successful author. Rowling has managed to accumulate nine hundred and ten million dollars from her cherished novels and movies.
Ultimately I need to do this, She recently told London Times, I could have stopped writing four years ago and I would have been fine financially. At this point in my life I’m not writing for the money and I could definitely do without the fame. The only point is to satisfy myself now and out of loyalty to the fans. But when I say it’s for me, it’s also for Harry… and being true to what I know will be his end. (Shapiro 228).
All Rowling ever wanted to become in her life was an author. She has genuinely touched the lives of many millions of people all around the world. The Harry Potter series may have came to an end, but for all his fans, his legacy lives on.

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