Joanne Rowling is a writer born on July 31, 1965 in England. The writer, who wrote his works under the name J. K. Rowling, became famous both for his books and for the screenplays he wrote for film adaptations of his books.
J. K. Rowling's Family
J. K. Rowling settled in Scotland, marrying Neil Murray, an anesthesiologist, on December 26, 2001. The couple, who have two children, named their children David (2003) and Mackenzie (2005). J. K. Rowling had another daughter from a previous marriage, named Jessica (1993). The K in the abbreviation of her name was named after her grandmother Kathleen. She had used it to bring her luck.
Early years of his life
After graduating from the University of Exeter after her childhood years in England, Rowling moved to Portugal in 1990 and started teaching English. Rowling, who moved and married here with her first husband, Jorge Arantes, a Portuguese journalist, named her daughter Jessica, born in 1993, from her first marriage. Rowling, who preferred to end her marriage, where she was having problems, moved to Edinburgh with her daughter after the divorce and started to live there by buying a house close to her younger sister Di.
She lived in Edinburgh, Scotland before his first book was published. She was a single mother. She was doing her best to raise her children. She wanted to be a writer. But they didn't want to print what she wrote. She broke her bad luck at one point. She broke the devil's leg with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This fantasy children's novel, which quickly became a worldwide hit, changed Rowling's life in a short time. When the dates showed 1999, the first 3 books of the Harry Potter series, whose 2nd and 3rd books were also published, were at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Moreover, Rowling's success was not only exclusive to America, but the fame of the Harry Potter series, which is among the best-selling books in Europe and England, has gradually spread. With more than 450 million copies sold, the series was turned into a movie series within a few years, the Harry Potter universe was getting bigger and bigger!
Rowling was determined to pursue writing. Continuing to publish books in 2012 and 2013, the author also wrote a play in 2016 under the name of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Continuing to expand the Harry Potter universe, Rowling's next step was to bring "Fantastic Beasts", one of the books mentioned in the series, to the big screen.
According to the list of the world's wealthiest people published by the Sunday Times newspaper in 2017, J.K. Rowling's name value is approximately 850 million dollars! This amount makes the famous author even richer than the current Queen of England, Elizabeth II! Rowling, who Forbes magazine also included in the list of the richest people in the world in 2017, multiplied her fortune with the movie scripts she wrote later.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
After rejections from various publishing houses, she managed to sell the draft of his first book to a publishing house for 4000 dollars. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which hit the shelves in 1997, formed the basis of the Harry Potter series, a seven-book series. In the series, the adventures of the young wizard Harry Potter and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger at Hogwarts wizarding school were told.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second book in the series, met with the readers in July 1998, right after the first book. The fame of the series grew thanks to the fantasy novel about sophomore Harry Potter and his friends who are chasing a mystery and monster at school.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Rowling's third book in the series, which continues to write and publish books at the same pace, went on sale in July 1999.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The fire of the first three books in the series was revived in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. When the book went on sale in July 2000, it became one of the fastest selling books in history.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The 5th book, Order of the Phoenix, went on sale later than the other books. One of the most important details about this book was that it was much longer than the other four novels in the series.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The sixth book in the series, Half-Blood Prince, sold 6.9 million copies in the United States alone within the first 24 hours of its release in 2005.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final novel in the series. It was the most pre-ordered book on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble before it went on sale in July 2007. The novel was the finale to the seven-year story of Harry Potter and his friends. Making a statement in those years, Rowling said that she did not intend to continue the series, but still could never say.