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Name: J . K. Rowling
Birth Date: 1965?
Place of Birth: Chipping Sodbury, England
Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Occupations: Writer

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Biography of J . K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling is a British author of novels for young people who caused an overnight sensation with her first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which sold out of its first edition quickly and has been reprinted many times. Even before its...


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J. K. Rowling Quotes
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Joanne Rowling (born 31 July 1965 ) is a British author notable for writing the Harry Potter series. She is most widely known as J. K. Rowling , a pen name devised using Kathleen as a middle name that she got from her grandmother. Contents 1 Sourced 2...


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News and Journals
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J.K. Rowling attends Potter premiere
7/3/2007: 353 words, approx. 1 pages
J.K. Rowling said she was sad, but relieved, to have completed the final "Harry Potter" book as she greeted fans at the European premiere of the latest movie in the young wizard saga.Hundreds of fans _ dozens of whom had camped overnight to secure a...
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J.K. Rowling outs Hogwarts character
10/20/2007: 312 words, approx. 1 pages
Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall.After reading...
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J.K. Rowling fairy tale sells for $4M
12/13/2007: 391 words, approx. 1 pages
A book of fairy tales created, handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling sold for nearly $4 million at auction Thursday.The buyer, London art agent Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, now has one of only seven copies of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," which is leather...
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Investor's Business Daily
J.K. Rowling's Book-Writing Success Is No Sorcery
7/24/2007: 911 words, approx. 3 pages
When an unknown emerges with an exciting idea, the phrase that often gets applied is "overnight success story." For Joanne Kathleen Rowling, "overnight" meant years of hard work and perseverance.Stuck on a train between Manchester and London one day in 1990, Rowling passed the time...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Review by Lee Siegel
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In the following review, Siegel applauds the works of J. K. Rowling because they, in all their imagination, have brought reality back into society's escapist literature and “fantasy culture.”
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Critical Review by Brooke Allen
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In the following review, Allen comments on Rowling's unprecedented popularity.
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Interview by J. K. Rowling with Brad Crawford
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In the following interview, Crawford discusses the very busy life of J. K. Rowling.
 


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