J.K. Rowling
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
born on
under the name Joanne Rowling
Family
- graduated from Exeter University
- went to Portugal to teach English and got married to Portuguese journalist
- had a daughter named Jessica
- divorced
- moved to Edinburgh to live near sister Di
- later remarried and had two more kids
Fame and fortune
- best known for the internationally best-selling series called “Harry Potter."
- so successful, became the thirteenth wealthiest woman in Britain—wealthier than even the queen.
It all started at King's cross
- came up with the idea for the book series following the adventures of a scrawny young wizard who went by the name of Harry Potter while on a train at King's Cross Station in 1990.
Photo by Sharon Drummond
The death of Harry's parents was heavily influenced by the death of my own mother, who died of multiple sclerosis at age 45.
success
- last of Harry Potter books (“Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows") released in 2007 = largest ever pre-ordered book on amazon.com and Barnes & Noble and Borders
- each of Harry Potter books were adapted into movies that became box-office successes
- 2013, wrote crime fiction under alias “Robert Galbraith"
- 2013, announced release of Hogwarts textbook “Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them" which would also be adapted into a film
Photo by Leo Reynolds
Denouncements for Religious reasons
- As Harry Potter grew more famous, fundamentalists from the U.S. to Russia to the Muslim world denounced the series
- The Pope even once said that the series' "subtle seductions" would "distort Christianity in the soul."
Impact
- 300 wizard rock bands
- inspired online groups such as the Harry Potter Alliance, whose motto is, "The weapon we have is love."
- "What would Harry do?" campaign to raise awareness of genocide in Darfur that went from Australia to South America to the U.S. etc
- (genocide-the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.)
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