J. K. Rowling
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WM & fashion: COLUMN: Rin Simpson...(he says they kissed, I don't believe a word of it). In my more day dreamy moments, I wonder what it would be like if I ever landed a JK Rowling-style book deal and was rocketed into the A-list. Would I feel different? Act different? In this article: Mothercare, Kate Moss, Myleene Klass, and JK Rowling |
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | 11 hours ago
New York loves Susan Boyle as she tells of 'demolition ball' fame
...keep them to yourselves. Tou have small minds and big mouths ... er ... fingers! I bet you're the same detractors who rubbished JK Rowling! Well, you're entitled to your opinion ... but let's see YOU do sometrhing to grab the world's...
In this article: Susan Boyle, New York, Hollie Steele, Edinburgh, HMV, and USA
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FT.com - Comment and analysis | 15 hours ago
The perils of trying to get down with the kids
...which we are familiar," he said. Some do manage to sell to the young. Sir Philip Green's Topshop provides consumers with the latest fashions, fast. J.K. Rowling gave the Millennials what they wanted - and she used words rather than pictures.
In this article: J.K. Rowling, London, Pew Research Center, Vogue magazine, University of Notre Dame, Wolff Olins, Topshop, and Philip Green
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Baltimore Sun | 1 day ago
Don't look to 'Twilight' series for strong female role models
...and maybe, like the "Harry Potter" canon, reveal truths far beyond teenage wish fulfillment. Literary feminists can hope that J.K. Rowling gets inspired to write a strong, realistic heroine and show Ms. Meyer how it's done. Oprah...
In this article: Edward Cullen, Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey, New Moon, and Mormon
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E! Online | 3 days ago
Vatican Reviews New Moon: A Moral Vacuum With a Deviant Message
Is the pope (a) Team Edward, (b) Team Jacob or (c) none of the above? To the surprise of no one, it turns out the folks who hated J.K. Rowling and Dan Brown aren't into the Stephenie Meyer cinematic canon, either. "This film is nothing...
In this article: New Moon, Vatican, Stephenie Meyer, and J.K. Rowling
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MTV.com | 4 days ago
'New Moon' Sets New Box-Office Record For Midnight Screenings
...vindicate "Twilight" star Jackson Rathbone, who famously responded to our question of whether Stephenie Meyer's franchise could take on J.K. Rowling's juggernaut, "I don't know; they've got brooms." In case you need further proof that...
In this article: New Moon, Twilight, Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, The Twilight Saga, Summit Entertainment, Stephenie Meyer, and Twilight Saga
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Guardian | 4 days ago
Hugh Muir's diary
...her laptop, sitting alone. "See that girl typing over there," he said, pointing. "She must live in lodgings and has nowhere to work." But JK Rowling (pictured), for it was she, can work where she likes these days. She was there out of...
In this article: Archie Norman, Tories, Asda, Anglicans, Poaching, Airbus A380, Air France, and Cecil Parkinson
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Independent.co.uk - Books | 5 days ago
'Twilight' author, Stephenie Meyer is America's JK Rowling
...town of Cave Creek, Arizona in the same house for the last decade. Based on the book sales and films' phenomenon, she may be the next JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. All four books in the Twilight Saga have sold 85 million...
In this article: Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, JK Rowling, Harry Potter, Breaking Dawn, Twilight series, New Moon, Time Magazine, Little, Brown & Company, and Midnight Sun
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scotsman.com - Latest Scottish News | 5 days ago
Duchess views Scotland exhibition
...also includes some of Scotland's contemporary personalities such as Prime Minister Gordon Brown, actor Ewan McGregor and author JK Rowling. Its oldest portrait is of James VI of Scotland and I of England, dating from 1604. Last Updated: 18...
In this article: Scotland, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Duchess of Cornwall, Robert Louis Stevenson, JK Rowling, Ewan McGregor, Gordon Brown, and London
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scotsman.com - Scotland | November 11, 2009
MS charity's cutting of London links 'may see Rowling return'
...in London will benefit people with MS in Scotland; indeed, I believe the reverse is true." Yesterday, a spokeswoman for the author said: "JK Rowling resigned as patron of the MS Society Scotland in April and, for this reason, thinks it...
In this article: JK Rowling, London, UK, Scotland, and Perth, Western Australia
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scotsman.com - Scotland | October 30, 2009
New cafe at building where JK Rowling penned Harry Potter book
...penned. Once known as Nicolson's Cafe, the first-floor eaterie on Nicolson Street is famed as the spot where as an aspiring author JK Rowling first scribbled her tales of wizardry and wonder. For many years it has been a Chinese...
In this article: JK Rowling, Harry Potter, Edinburgh Evening News, and Hallowe'en
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Description from Wikipedia:
Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965), who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies.
Aside from writing the Potter novels, Rowling is perhaps equally famous for her "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on welfare to multi-millionaire status within five years. The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £560 million ($798 million), ranking her as the twelfth richest woman in Britain. Forbes ranked Rowling as the forty-eighth most powerful celebrity of 2007, and Time magazine named her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fandom. She has become a notable philanthropist, supporting such charities as Comic Relief, One Parent Families and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain.
- Name At Birth:
- Joanne Rowling
- Birth Date:
- July 31, 1965
- Birthplace:
- Yate, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Nationality:
- British
- Occupation:
- Novelist
- Known for:
- Harry Potter series
- Website:
- http://www.jkrowling.com
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