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Rowling confined her writing to her daughter's nap time, much of it spent in coffee-houses where the understanding management allowed her space for her papers. Rabbits played a large part in her early tales, for Rowling and her sister badly wanted a rabbit. While there she met and married Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes, but divorced him shortly after the birth of their daughter.

She was able to send off her typed manuscript to two publishers before beginning her teaching post, but it was not until several months later that the happy news arrived: her book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, would be published in England. Accepting a job as a French teacher, she set herself a goal: to finish her novel before her teaching job began.

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As she developed her characters, she drew inspiration from her own life experiences and the people she encountered. Penniless, she returned to Edinburgh to be near her sister Di. A single mum with a child to care for, she was unable to resume full-time work, but desperately needed to support them both. "If you are writing about Good and Evil, there comes a point where you have to get serious."

In November 2001, Harry Potter gained even more fame when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone graced the big screen as a major motion picture.

Rowling, born on July 31, 1965, in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, is the prolific author behind the globally adored Harry Potter series.

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Her sudden fame enabled her to raise the profile of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Scotland - in memory of her mother - and led to a role as the ambassador for the National Council For One Parent Families.

From Tutshill Primary, Rowling went to Wyedean Comprehensive School.

Nine months later Joanne, then 24, moved to Portugal to try and come to terms with her loss. Such a shift was "inevitable," Rowling admitted in a School Library Journal interview.

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