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| | J. K. Rowling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | On 19 June 2003 Rowling and her publisher Scholastic announced that they would sue the New York Daily News for $100 million because the newspaper had printed information on her work Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix before the book's official release date. | | | Rowling is also believed to be the wealthiest woman in the United Kingdom, well ahead of even Queen Elizabeth II, but this is unproven as the Queen's personal fortune is hidden in 'The Bank of England Nominees' making her fortune known to only her closest officials. | | | Rowling and her co-litigants argued that much of the evidence that Stouffer presented was fraudulent, and asked for sanctions and attorneys' fees as punishment. |
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| | J.K. Rowling harried on wizardry of plagiarism - theage.com.au |
| | Author J. Rowling, whose Harry Potter books have sold more than 67 million copies, says she's no plagiarist, asserting in court papers that the boy wizard is "entirely the fruit of my own imagination". | | | Rowling claims she had not read Stouffer's work before completing her 1995 manuscript, in which people without magical power were also called muggles. | | | Rowling's books tell the story of Harry Potter, who at age 11 discovers he is a wizard and accepts an invitation to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he does battle with the evil Lord Voldemort. |
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/18/1023864427305.html
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| | J K Rowling biography |
| | Rowling quickly wrote a sequel, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, which was published July of 1998 in the UK, and in June 1999 in the USA. | | | 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 met and married a journalist in Portugal (he was Portuguese), and her daughter Jessica was born in 1993. |
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http://gaga.essortment.com/jkrowlingbiogr_reak.htm
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| | Kidsreads.com - News Update on J.K. Rowling |
| | The much anticipated title of the sixth book of the Harry Potter series was announced on J.K. Rowling's website under the Do Not Disturb Door icon. | | | The sixth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, "HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE," will go on sale on Saturday, July 16, 2005 in both the U.S. and Britain at a price of $29.99. | | | Rowling has said that one of her characters will not survive her sixth book, but she refused to identify who that will be. |
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http://www.kidsreads.com/HP/author/news-update.asp
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| | World Book Day Online Chat with J.K. Rowling |
| | JK Rowling replies -> I did not conceive it as a moral tale, the morality sprang naturally out of the story, a subtle but important difference. | | | JK Rowling replies -> I tried all sorts of different versions of the name and then this word floated into my mind and I knew it was the right one. | | | JK Rowling replies -> Well he's obviously been through a lot since book one and book five was the book when he cracked up a little. |
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http://www.fans-of-rowling.com/worldbookdaychat.html
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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. | | | Rowling acknowledges that she was nervous before the first one and that her reading at Toronto's Skydome, "terrified me. I was terrified. |
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http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/jkrowling.html
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| | Inside ‘Order of the Phoenix’ - Newsmakers - MSNBC.com |
| | Rowling: “Well just the writing of it, it’s a long book, and that’s just how long it took to write. | | | Scotland is home to J.K. Rowling, author of the story that has won the world over: Harry Potter. | | | Author J.K. Rowling talks about life as literary celebrity and latest Potter installment |
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3080035
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| | NBC-TV "Today Show" Interview with J.K. Rowling, Oct. 2000 |
| | J.K. Rowling: Yeh, I introduced Hermione to a Bulgarian (in Book 4) who couldn't say her name and so then she explains it, so that was my "get-out-of-jail" card on that one. | | | J.K. Rowling: My favorite one of his is a book called Manx Mouse, which is a very quirky little book. | | | J.K. Rowling: Not Hogwarts: A History, but I have written two of the books that appear as titles only within the novels, and that's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/cookarama/nbctodayoct00.html
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| | TIME Magazine Archive Article -- J.K. Rowling Hogwarts And All -- Jul. 25, 2005 |
| | And unlike Lewis, whose books are drenched in theology, Rowling refuses to view herself as a moral educator to the millions of children who read her books. | | | Rowling certainly isn't afraid of sex, as Order of the Phoenix--which had Harry making out with the beautiful, grieving Cho Chang--ably demonstrated. | | | Rowling still has book seven to worry about. |
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http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1083935,00.html
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| | Book Review of "J.K. Rowling: A Biography" |
| | Notable Item #2: Rowling is NOT happy this book was published. | | | Smith also goes off on tangents getting into the lives of Goudge and Jessica Mitford, her life's hero, trying to compare these women to Rowling. | | | Rowling goes for what was "alternative" music in the 1980s, such as the Smiths and Johnny Marr. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/cookarama/smithbio.html
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| | Guardian Unlimited Books By genre Matt Seaton meets JK Rowling |
| | Rowling began work on the first book just six months before her mother died. | | | Rowling's success as an author- the four Harry Potter books to date have sold more than 90m copies worldwide and been translated into 42 languages - has clearly removed that problem. | | | Ironically, the initials provided a kind of anonymity and mystique, behind which Rowling was able to guard her privacy. |
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http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/childrenandteens/story/0,6000,474412,00.html
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| | J. K. Rowling |
| | Joanne Kathleen Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series of books, was born in Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol, in southwest England. | | | 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. |
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http://www.factmonster.com/spot/harrycreator1.html
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| | J.K. Rowling News - Wizard News |
| | J.K. Rowling was yesterday forced to distance herself from two Perth "poets" who claimed to have been endorsed by the world-renowned author. | | | J.K. Rowling has lent the new Seven Stories centre in Newcastle upon Tyne a hand-written draft of chapter six of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. | | | Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been named one of the world's most envied people, according to a new poll from Fortune magazine. |
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| | J.K. Rowling |
| | J.K. Rowling is currently writing the fifth book in the series. | | | Above the rest, one name has propelled author J.K. Rowling to international superstardom and bewitched readers of all ages: Harry Potter. | | | Much like Rowling's beloved books about a young boy who discovers he's a wizard, her own life resembles a fairy tale. |
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| | Harry Potter News: J.K. Rowling |
| | In JK Rowling's only British television interview for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" with 14 year-old Owen Jones, Rowling discusses the dread she will have in finishing the "Harry Potter" series and how excited she will be about taking on an assumed name for additional books. | | | MuggleNet and TLC have posted part II of their interview with "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling as well as individual reports of their trip to Edinburgh. | | | JK Rowling answered some questions from children during a press conference for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" this past weekend. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Books Authors Rowling, JK (Joanne Kathleen) |
| | The decision of the mother of the Harry Potter phenomenon to give her only television interview to Jeremy Paxman in JK Rowling: The Interview (Thursday, 7.30pm, BBC2) has led to speculation as to whether she's trying to toughen up her image or he's softening his. | | | Harry Potter author JK Rowling has joined the ranks of the super-rich, making it on to the Forbes magazine billionaires list for the first time. | | | Rowling intends to write seven books in all, one for each year of Harry's life at his wizard school. |
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http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,412962,00.html
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| | J. K. Rowling |
| | Legend has it that J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she wrote the beginning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, on scraps of paper at a local cafe. | | | Joanne Kathleen Rowling was an author only in potential when she sat at a table in an Edinburgh cafe writing of Harry Potter, the boy who lived. | | | It took J.K. Rowling 5 years to write Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone |
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| | Rowling, J.K. -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | British author J.K. Rowling captured the imagination of children and adults alike with her best-selling series of books about Harry Potter, a young sorcerer in training. | | | Potter was the central character in a popular series of books by British author J.K. Rowling. | | | Rowling, J.K. In 1999 Welsh-born author J.K. Rowling practiced her own brand of magic, casting a spell on readers around the world with her adventures of Harry Potter, a young sorcerer in training. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9342116?tocId=9342116
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| | Fronskie Feint J.K. Rowling Interviews: AOL Live |
| | Rowling, after the first book, you stopped converting English words to American words. | | | Rowling, do you think that making a Harry Potter movie will help people understand the books better or will it ruin the imagination for the books? | | | Rowling, while we're waiting for the next book, what other books do you recommend (besides your own)? |
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| | J. K. Rowling |
| | In 2003, Rowling successfully sued Dmitry Yemets, the author of Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass, a Russian children's book, for lifting major plot elements from her Potter books. | | | Harry Potter first popped into Joanne Kathleen Rowling's head during a long, boring train trip. | | | Through her publisher, Rowling has sued newspapers that published plot summaries before a book is available in stores, and filed complaints against retailers as huge as Wal-Mart when copies were sold before the books' official release dates. |
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http://www.nndb.com/people/510/000022444
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) |
| | The fifth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. | | | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling | | | Rowling doesn't make Potter into an unblemished hero. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/043935806X?v=glance
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| | USATODAY.com - Court throws out 'Muggles' claims against Rowling |
| | Partly at issue was ownership of the trademark and copyrights to "muggles." In Rowling's books, wizards call humans who have no magical abilities "muggles." Stouffer had used the term to describe mythical characters in her books for children. | | | A federal court Wednesday threw out author Nancy Stouffer's claims that Rowling, the author of the blockbuster Harry Potter books, stole words and characters from Stouffer's books. | | | Rowling, book publisher Scholastic and Warner Bros., the AOL Time Warner division that produces the Harry Potter movies, said the court forbade Stouffer from ever claiming to own the rights to the muggles name or saying that Rowling violated those rights. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2002-09-18-potter-suit_x.htm
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| | J. K. Rowling - Open Encyclopedia |
| | Joanne Rowling (born July 31, 1965), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. | | | In 2001, Rowling, Scholastic Press (the American publisher of her books), and Warner Bros. (the producer of the film adaptations) sued Stouffer, asking the court to judge that there was no infringement of Stouffer's trademarks or copyright. | | | Rowling took some time off writing at this point because, while in the process of writing the fourth book, she felt her workload was too heavy. |
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http://open-encyclopedia.com/J._K._Rowling
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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... | | | It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. | | | Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
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http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/J._K._Rowling
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| | Profile J.K. Rowling |
| | Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born on July 31, 1966 in a town in England called Chipping Sodbury. | | | 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. |
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http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/jkrowling.html
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| | J K Rowling Bibliography |
| | Continuum Contemporaries series: J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide (unauthorised) | | | Legend has it that J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she wrote the beginning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, on scraps of paper at a local cafe. | | | J.K.Rowling Official Site - Harry Potter and more |
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http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/J_K_Rowling.htm
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| | j.k.rowling.info J K Rowling biography and bibliography including Harry Potter |
| | Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling's life has the luster of a fairy tale. | | | J.K. Rowlings: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter, unauthorized biography | | | Joanne Kathleen Rowling (pronounced rolling) was born on July 31st, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England. |
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| | Scotsman.com News - JK Rowling & Harry Potter - The JK Rowling story |
| | Rowling has never spoken publicly about her marriage, except to dismiss her former husband’s claims to have helped shape the first Potter novel, with the withering line: "He had as much input into Harry Potter as I had in A Tale of Two Cities." | | | Anne Rowling, meanwhile, was delighted to be around the beakers and chemicals and working once again after such a long absence. | | | Joanne, her younger sister Dianne and friend Vikki were all witches while the solitary wizard was five-year-old Ian Potter. |
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http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?id=662772003&tid=3
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