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J. K. Rowling (Real-Life Reader Biography) (Real-Life Reader Biography)
J K Rowling - Real-Life Reader Biography Author:Ann Gaines Joanne Kathleen Rowling (aka J. K. Rowling) had always wanted to be a writer. In fact, she never knew what else she wanted to do with her life. She wandered from job to job before she thought up Harry Potter and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was ecstatic when Bloomsbury Press offered to publish her book for a few thousand d... more »ollars. But the success of the book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers' Stone took everyone by suprise. Faced with almost overnight fame and fortune, Jo (as she likes to be called) still stays grounded. She readily admits that the most important thing she does every day is raise her daughter Jessica.« less