Rowling estimates that most of her books were read by only seven people before they were released to bookshelves around the world. Rowling, her agents and publishers kept her work and life very secret, especially after the Harry Potter books became a global phenomenon. Ian Rankin also remembers inviting her on stage at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Rowling graciously declining admitting that she was not sure she could get on that type of stage. She designed her website to reveal her biography to her readers, and while she doesn’t leave out the hard times in her life, she speaks only briefly about how the difficult stages in her life laid the ground for her greatest achievements, her children and her books. Scottish crime author and close friend, Ian Rankin, has described her as being “quite quiet and very introspective.” She grants very few interviews and prefers to tell her own story. Those who have met her describe her as slight and very introverted.
Rowling lives in picturesque Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband and three children where she enjoys relative freedom to write and create as well as work with many charities on issues close to her heart.Here are ten things you might not know about J.K. Harry Potter fans have taken Rowling’s beloved stories and ran away with them, creating almost 1,000 new pieces of fan fiction a week. With the help of a close knit group of publishers and editors, Rowling changed the face of modern literature and created a unifying story that both children and adults across the globe identify with and love deeply. The books have been translated into a number of languages including Azerbaijani, Albanian, Vietnamese and even into Ancient Greek. Her seven Harry Potter novels have sold over 450 million copies in 67 languages worldwide, which eventually spawned into a film franchise worth $21 billion. Rowling is one of the most famous contemporary authors in the world.
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