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| | J K Rowling biography |
 | | Rowling has been quoted many times as saying she loved teaching English, often teaching in the afternoons and evenings so that she could be free to work on her writing during the mornings. | | | Rowling long to realize that she was not meant to be a secretary. | | | Rowling has described this moment as the happiest of her life. |
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http://gaga.essortment.com/jkrowlingbiogr_reak.htm
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| | Profile J.K. Rowling |
| | Rowling is optimistic that the movie version will be true to her book. | | | Rowling had initially balked at the possibility of a movie based on her books. | | | And she was, "never happier than when reading or writing." Rowling, "wanted to be a ballerina at one brief point, which is embarrassing in retrospect because I was virtually spherical." |
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http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/jkrowling.html
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| | J. K. Rowling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Rowling then moved to Portugal to teach English as a foreign language. | | | In the late 1990s Nancy Stouffer, an author of children's books published in the 1980s, began to charge publicly that Rowling's books were based on her books, including The Legend of Rah and the Muggles and Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly. | | | Before publishing her first volume, Bloomsbury feared that the target group of young boys might be reluctant to buy books written by a female author. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling
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| | J. K. Rowling |
| | Rowling always envisioned the book as part of a seven-volume series—one book for every year that Harry spends at Hogwarts—and a new Harry Potter book appeared every year for the next three years. | | | Rowling's road to fame and fortune may have been a bit rocky at times, but her success has been sure. | | | She particularly enjoyed reading books such as Manxmouse by Paul Gallico, about a creature with a mouse's body, rabbit's ears, and monkey's paws, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and other books in C. |
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http://www.factmonster.com/spot/harrycreator1.html
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| | Educational Paperback Association |
| | The advance for the American edition made it possible for Rowling to quit her teaching job and write full-time. | | | Wizardry is just the analogy I use." While magic and wizardry inform many plot elements, the books are ultimately about the innate human desire to be unique and special, to form lasting friendships and connections with others, and to see forces for good triumph over forces for evil. | | | With the publication of the American edition, retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, in 1998, Rowling's books continued to make publishing history. |
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http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=70
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| | J.K. (Joanne) Rowling - Author Biography |
| | Rowling had sold at least 30 million copies of the first three books which had been printed in 35 languages, earning approximately $400 million. | | | Having said that, Rowling's books are not free from criticism - some Christian fundamentalists, express concern that the books promote and encourage satanic practices. | | | On the other hand, other Christians applaud the books for the themes of courage, loyalty, justice, honesty and fairness that they portray and compare them to books such as The Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. |
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http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=334
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| | J.K. Rowling News - Wizard News |
| | J.K. Rowling has a bone to pick with the skinny models and celebrities whose "overpriced handbags and rat-sized dogs" appear in celebrity magazines. | | | It appears her recent diatribe on skinny people seems to have been sparked by an innocent comment from a friend. | | | Chancellor Gordon Brown will be hoping a little Harry Potter magic rubs off on his book outlining his vision for Britain. |
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http://www.wizardnews.com/wn.jkrowling.html
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| | Biography for J.K. Rowling |
| | It was deemed to plagiarise Rowling's novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone&; and to infringe her copyright. | | | One of these agents that she picked at random based on the fact that she liked his name, Christopher Little, was immediately captivated by the manuscript and signed her on as his client within three days. | | | When the first Harry Potter novel was published, the publisher asked her to use initials rather than her first name because boys would be biased against a book written a woman. |
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746830/bio
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| | J. K. Rowling Quotes - The Quotations Page |
| | His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... | | | There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seek it. | | | Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth. |
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http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/J._K._Rowling
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| | J K Rowling Biography and Harry Potter |
| | J K Rowling's own personal website is here: | | | If you are looking for a book which looks like a magic book, then a very large and quite impressive looking volume is | | | J K Rowling modelled the character of Hermione on herself. |
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http://home.freeuk.net/webbuk2/harrypotter.htm
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| | Forbes.com: J.K. Rowling And The Billion-Dollar Empire |
| | She's one of only five self-made female billionaires, and the first billion-dollar author. | | | The five Potter books have sold 250 million copies worldwide in 55 languages, including Latin and Ancient Greek. | | | Rowling at 38 is one of the youngest people on the list, and the only British female. |
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http://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/cx_jw_0226rowlingbill04.html
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| | J. K. Rowling @Web English Teacher |
| | In this WebQuest students work in groups to create a profile of the author for the dust jacket of the book, to present findings about J.K. Rowling to the publishing team, and to research and develop a glossary of words specific to the book. | | | Links to a sample chapter, a pronunciation guide, and a discussion guide for teachers. | | | The author is careful to include accurate information based on the books and interviews Rowling has given. |
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http://www.webenglishteacher.com/rowling.html
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| | Salon Mothers Who Think Of magic and single motherhood |
| | Which makes it all the more phenomenal that the book, aimed at 8- to 12-year-olds, is currently enjoying its 15th week on the New York Times Bestsellers list. | | | The advertising copy for your book says that you were a struggling single mother when writing "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Could you tell more about that time? | | | As befits stories about magical powers, the popularity of Rowling's debut novel, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (published in Great Britain under the title "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"), is a little unconventional itself -- a fire built kid by kid, fanned by whispers in classrooms on both sides of the Atlantic. |
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http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/03/cov_31featureb.html
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| | J. K. Rowling on the Web |
| | Philip Nel > Weblinks > Literature > Children's > J. | | | Rowling's World Book Day Chat (4 March 2004, hosted by Leaky Cauldron) | | | "The J.K. Rowling Story" by Stephen McGinty (The Scotsman, 16 June 2003): Part One of Three. |
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http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/rowling
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| | J K Rowling |
| | Continuum Contemporaries series: J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide (unauthorised) (2001) by Philip Nel | | | The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter (2001) by Allan Zola Kronzek and Elizabeth Kronzek | | | Rowling: People in the News (2002) by Laura Saba |
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http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/j-k-rowling
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| | Harry Potter: Meet J.K. Rowling |
| | All five books have appeared on bestseller lists in the United States, Britain, and around the globe. | | | After she graduated from Exeter University, she found work as a secretary, and later spent time teaching English in Portugal before moving to Edinburgh, Scotland, with her daughter. | | | Rowling first thought of Harry while riding a train back in 1990. |
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| | J. K. Rowling - Wikiquote |
| | Rowling, I'm so glad I read these books because now I want to be a witch.' | | | Joanne Rowling (born July 31, 1965) British author; She is most widely known as J. | | | Rowling, a pen name devised using Kathleen as a middle name. |
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling
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| | J.K. Rowling |
| | But the most compelling reason why kids love Harry Potter is that J.K. Rowling doesn’t talk down to them. | | | From the time she began writing about Harry Potter, Rowling has thought of his story as a seven-book series, one book for each year of Harry’s schooling as a wizard. | | | Adults, too, can see the meaning of Rowling’s story behind the fantasy and magic, and perhaps this is why the Harry Potter books have become almost as popular with adults as they are with children. |
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| | HELLO! Profiles |
| | The books have been translated into 42 languages, and the fourth one, Harry Potter And The Goblets Of Fire, sold more than three million copies within two days of being published. | | | Her father, Peter, was an engineer and mother Anne, a half-French half-Scottish home-maker who stayed at home to care for Joanne and her younger sister Di. | | | Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury General Hospital on July 31, 1966, and grew up in a loving family. |
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http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/jkrowling
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| | J.K. Rowling |
| | The Magical World of Harry Potter: The Unauthorized Story of J.K. Rowling (2000) (TV).... | | | Find where J.K. Rowling is credited alongside another name | | | J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and Me (2002) (TV).... |
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| | Harry Potter News: J.K. Rowling |
| | JK Rowling has updated her web site with some new and interesting things for fans to rummage around and find. | | | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. | | | Now, normally I wouldn't post something like this but in the snippet from the web site a significant line had been printed: A source in the Rowling camp says that last book in the series will be out in 2007. |
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| | MuggleNet J.K. Rowling |
| | A collection of news stories pertaining to JKR beginning in May, 2005. | | | (5/09) - JK Rowling to visit NYC for book reading | | | It doesn't happen much as JK Rowling is a verrry busy woman, but sometimes she may reply to some of your letters. |
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| | Salon.com Audio J.K. Rowling |
| | J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she finished her first Harry Potter book with a grant from the Scottish Arts Council. | | | That children's novel, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," earned the author a six-figure advance in the United States and quickly became a national bestseller. | | | The long-awaited 752-page fourth book in the series -- "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" -- has generated a media frenzy complete with a multitude of unofficial Harry Potter websites and eager speculations about the book's title and content. |
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http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/rowling
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| | Bookworm's Lair - J.K. Rowling |
| | In the richest installment yet of J.K. Rowlings seven-part story, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. | | | Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strenght in his friends, beyond what even he knew: boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice..." |
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| | Bewitching - J.K. Rowling Fanlisting |
| | Welcome to Bewitching, the only fanlisting for J.K. Rowling listed at thefanlistings.org. | | | I am just a fan, showing my appreciation by running this non-profit fansite. |
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| | J. K. Rowling Teacher Resource File |
| | Interview including where she gets her ideas for the | | | The Not Especially Fascinating Life So Far of J. Rowling. | | | Internet School Library Media Center J. Rowling page. |
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