JK Rowling

  • IDEA WAS CREATED

    IDEA WAS CREATED
    On a four hour delayed train to London, Rowling imagines the plot for Harry Potter.She begins writing the story later that night.
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    JK ROWLING

  • A SAD MOMENT

    A SAD MOMENT
    After a long, hard fought battle with multiple sclerosis, Joanne's mother dies.
  • MARRIAGE

    MARRIAGE
    While in Portugal she marries a Portugese television journalist named Jorge Arantes.The marriage ends up in a divorce.
  • FIRST DAUGHTER

    FIRST DAUGHTER
    Her first daughter, Jessica Isabel entered into the world.
  • FIRST AWARD

    FIRST AWARD
    Rowling wins the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award.
  • PUBLISHED

    PUBLISHED
    Rowling finishes Harry Potter and the Sorcere's Stone.
  • 2ND ONE

    2ND ONE
    Once again J.K. Rowling is the proud prize winner of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award.
  • 2ND PUBLISHED

    2ND PUBLISHED
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is published.
  • 3RD ONE

    3RD ONE
    J.K. Rowling is the only author to win the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award three times in a row.
  • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

    NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
    National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets