She is a British novelist, best known as
the author of the Harry Potter series. She
had a "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from
living on state benefits to multi-millionaire status within five years. Her
books (Harry Potter) had sold more than 400 million copies and also they’ve won
lots of awards including best-selling book series in history.
Even she had several hard years, after her
mother death, her divorce and poverty she never gave up. She was persistence with
what she wanted and even after she was rejected from almost twelve publishing
house which none of them though the story was good enough.
As a child she often wrote fantasy stories, which she would then read to her sister. She always liked writing and reading about fantasy. When she grew
up she got a book from Jessica Mitford and she loved it so much that she read
all her books that was when she really knew that books were her passion. She
had a difficult home life; her mother was ill and she had a difficult
relationship with her father.
She is a great woman, Rowling was in the list
of the richest people in Britain but in 2012 she was removed from their rich
list because she donated $160 million to charity, so she was no longer a
billionaire. Rowling gave part of her money for support and treatment of
multiple sclerosis, from which her mother suffered before her death. She also
contributed to the creation of a new Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the Edinburgh
University. Later, Rowling donated £10 million to the center.
Writing
is work; don’t wait for inspiration to write. Rowling
said if she waited for inspiration to write she would have written about a page
and a half over the last 20 years. She says writing is about craft, structure,
and the boring things your English teacher taught you. It’s not about
inspiration. She used to write straight through the night, but now that’s she’s
in her forties and has a family, she waits for everyone to go off to school and
work and then she sits down and writes for up to eight hours at a time.
