J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter books.

  J.K Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter books. J.K's name is Joanne Kathleen. She was born in 1965 in a small town near Bristol, England. She lived with her parents and her sister. Her family was not rich. Joanne didnt go to special schools, She was a quiet child. She loved to read and write stories. Joanne went to Exter University, and she finished in 1987.She worked in different offices.In her free time, she wrote more stories.
   In 1990, joanne's mother died.Joanne was sad, and she wanted to leave England. She saw a job in the newspaper for an English teacher. The job was in Portugal. She had an interview, and she got the job. In Portugal, Joanne married a portuguese man. The next year, Joanne had a daughter, but she was not happy in her marriage.She left Portugal with her daughter and went to live in Edinburgh, Schotland, near her sister.
   Life was very difficult . She took care of her daughter. She was alone, and nobody helped her. She had no money and no job. She lived in a small apartment and began to write stories again.  First thought about the Harry Potter story came to her many years ago on a train trip. Joanne liked to go to a coffe shop to write. She could sit there for many hours, she was drinking coffee and writing while  her daughter slept beside her.
    After five years, Joanne finished writing the first Harry Potter book. She sent it to many book publishers, but they all said that they didnt like it until  finally , a publisher liked it, but the publisher said, "This is a children's book. Adults wont read it. You wont make a lot of money." In 1997, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone was in the bookstores. Her dream to publish the book came true. The book became famous all over the world.
    Now Harry potter is in forty-two languages. The publisher was wrong about one thing : Everyone loves Harry potter- childrean and adults. Over 100 million books were sold in 1999. People all over the world want more Harry Potter!