J.+K.+Rowling

=J.K Rowling=

J. K. Rowling, is a British author who is known for creating the Harry Potter series.

She is a British author, her real name is Joanne "Jo" Murray (née Rowling). She was born on 31 July 1965 in England. She got the idea for Harry Potter on a delayed train trip. She began writing the story when she had reached her destination. However, her mother died later that year and she moved to Portugal to teach English. She married Jorge Arantes and gave birth to a daughter, Jessica Isabel Arantes on 27 July 1993. However, Rowling and Arantes separated and she moved to Edinburgh with her daughter. There, she finished her first novel. She was rejected by many publishers, but Bloomsbury agreed to publish it and Harry Potter turned out to be a huge success.
 * Background information **

Harry Potter has sold more than 400 million copies. Before she wrote Harry Potter, she was pretty poor and had to hand-write the book but in the end she earned £560 million ($798 million) from writing the series. She is now the twelvth richest woman in Britain

As you can see Harry Potter made J.K Rowling change her life. Although she was poor, she was able to finish Harry Potter and became successful. Now Harry Potter is also famous for the six movies made from the book.

=**Awards J.K Rowling has won**= 1997 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Prizes and awards**

1998 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1998 Primo Centro per la Letteratura Infantile (Italy) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Sheffield Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1998 Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year Award Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

1999 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 1999 Prix Sorciere (France) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1999 Scottish Arts Council Children's Book of the Year Award Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Sheffield Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2000 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2000 Children's Book Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2000 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2000 Sheffield Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2001 Children's Book Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2003 British Book Awards Book of the Year (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2003 WH Smith People's Choice Award Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2006 British Book Awards Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2006 Royal Mail Award for Scottish Children's Books (best book for readers aged 8-12 years) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2008 South Bank Show Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Award

**Reflection**  What is success? Before I know about J.K Rowling I thought you are success if you have lots of money. But I change my mind, after I researched about J.K Rowling I realized that you are not success if you only have lots of money. To success I think you need strong positive attitude. For my definition, you are success if you do something that you really wanted, so success is not depending on money. In dictionary it says success is the achievement of something that you have been trying to do. And my definition and dictionary‘s definition are quite same. People fall this short of achieving potential because this thing can happen to all of us and all of us want to be like them so that’s why people fall this short of achieving potential. God also want this kind of thing because god wants us to achieve what we want so we success. 

In Ms Rogge’s class I have discovered that we have to have a goal that I want to achieve. If I have a goal that I want to achieve I will try to achieve that goal and at the end you will achieve it. Before I didn’t really have a goal but after Ms Rogge’s class I made a goal which is travel all around world. I enjoyed her class and I learnt most important thing.


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