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J. K. Rowling Printable version. JK Rowling 'richer than Queen'. J K Rowling is the wealthiest woman in the showbusiness. Boy wizard Harry Potter has made author JK Rowling richer than the Queen, according to The Sunday Times Rich List. The 37-year-old has more than quadrupled her personal fortune in the past two years.
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Stephen King's Real Horror Story: How the novelist's addiction to drink and drugs nearly killed him Writing 63 books over 35 years, with best-selling stories such as Carrie, The Shining, Misery and The Green Mile turned into blockbusting movies, King has long been one of the world's most successful authors, with an estimated fortune of £135million.
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J. K. Rowling 2016: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child [Book]” was awarded Goodreads “Best Book in the Fantasy category”. 2016: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child [Play]” won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for “Best Play. 2016: J.K. Rowling was awarded the “Pen/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award.
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J.K. Rowling bibliography reveals secrets of the 'Harry Potter' books An exhaustive new J.K. Rowling bibliography being published in the U.K. reveals secrets behind the workings of her Harry Potter books, the Guardian reports.  J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography 1997-2013  by Philip Errington includes correspondence between Rowling and her editor and details the revisions...
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- (For my writing and want-to-be writer friends…). JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, doesn’t do many interviews so I eagerly watched her on the Charlie Rose show. Lots of fun stuff related to Harry Potter but I was interested in tidbits related to how she writes:
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- By On 07/09/14 AT 11:56 AM. J.K. Rowling's decision to expand her “Harry Potter” saga with a second epilogue was welcomed by most fans of the best-selling series this week -- but not by the film adaptation’s star.
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Today's Birthdays: July 31 J. K. Rowling. Joanne Kathleen Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series of books, was born in Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol, in southwest England. Her birthday, as all true Harry Potter fans know, is July 31, the same as her famous boy-wizard hero.
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- J.K. Rowling is a Conservative. Posted by GayPatriotWest at 7:57 pm-July 24, 2007. Filed under: Literature & Ideas, Mythology and the real world. Until just a few minutes ago, I was under the spell of the last of the Harry Potter books and expect to post something on that in a few minutes — or maybe a hour or so.
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âJ. K. Rowling dead 2018â : âHarry Potterâ author killed by internet death hoax News of author J. K. Rowling’s death spread quickly earlier this week, causing concern among fans across the world. However, the February 2018 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax, the author of Harry Potter is alive and well.
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- J.K. Rowling is the author of : Harry Potter and the Philosoper's Stone , Chamber of Secerts , Prisoner of Azkaban , Goblet of Fire , Order of the Phoenix , Half-Blood Prince… , Deathly Hallows , Fantastic Beasts and Where to find Them , The tales of Beedle the Bard and Quidditch Though the Ages.
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JK Rowling: 10 facts about the writer JK Rowling: 10 facts about the writer. You may be a Harry Potter fanatic, but how much do you know about the author JK Rowling herself? Here are 10 facts about the author of the new book The Casual Vacancy. 1) The boy wizard Harry Potter and author JK Rowling share the same birthday: 31st July. 2) Rowling went from being unemployed and living on state benefits to becoming a multi-millionaire in five years.
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- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling 4.38 avg rating — 2,015,330 ratings — published 1998 — 436 editions book 2
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J. K. Rowling Rowling is a friend of Sarah Brown, wife of former prime minister Gordon Brown, whom she met when they collaborated on a charitable project. When Sarah Brown's son Fraser was born in 2003, Rowling was one of the first to visit her in hospital.
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- Veronica Roth. Author. Veronica Roth joins the Celebrity 100 list rankings thanks to the runaway success of Divergent, a young adult trilogy which propelled her to $17 million in earnings. The dystopian novels have sold more than 7 million copies in the U. S. over the last 12 months alone. Divergent's 2014 film adaption grossed more than $270 million worldwide. Roth penned the trilogy's first novel, Divergent, while on winter break during her senior year at Northwestern University. The 25-year-old is one of the youngest members of the Celebrity 100 list; she boasts 350,000 Twitter followers.
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Poof! 5 Little-Known Facts About How J.K. Rowling Brought Harry Potter to Life Today, J.K. Rowling turns 49. The author of the beloved Harry Potter series has many reasons to celebrate hitting the half-century mark. For starters she created the best-selling book series of all time—in the process making it acceptable for adults to read children’s books—and her books have become the highest-grossing film series of all time.
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Who is richer J.K Rowling or Oprah winfrey? Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Oprah Winfrey is richer than J.k Rowling according to Forbes magazine,. Oprah rank #1 JK is # 2 here is my source http://www.associatedcontent.com/article... Source(s): Karen · 6 years ago.
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Sir Elton John and JK Rowling listed as most charitable UK celebrities Sir Elton John and JK Rowling listed as most charitable UK celebrities. Singer donated £26.8m and author gave £10.3m in 2015, though Sainsbury family top list of wealthy givers with £220m.
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- exists and is an alternate of . Making the world better, one answer at a time. J.K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, was the first author ever to become a billionaire. J.K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, was the first author ever to become a billionaire.
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- Jk Rowling Net Worth. Jk Rowling Net Worth is $1 Billion. JK Rowling is a British author and one of the wealthiest private citizens in the United Kingdom, with a net worth of $1 billion. Copy/Paste the following code into your website/blog HTML source code.
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Big entertainment and tech names, including Apple's Steve Jobs, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and author J.K. Rowling, are also among the billionaires on the 25th annual list. Winfrey is up to $2.7 billion this year, but down 20 spots in the Forbes ranking amid a big group of gainers, while Malone made a big jump to the 235th spot and a net worth of $4.5 billion. In 2010, Forbes showed Steven Spielberg and George Lucas tied at No. 316 with $3 billion. This year, Lucas took spot 347 with a net worth gain to $3.2 billion, while Spielberg came in at No. 376 with an unchanged net worth.
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J.K. Rowling Biography AKA: J.K. Rowling ZODIAC SIGN: Leo BEST KNOWN FOR J.K. Rowling is the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, one of the most popular book and film franchises in history. J.K. Rowling biography SYNOPSIS Born in Yate, England, on July 31, 1965, J.K. Rowling came from humble economic means before writing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, a children's fantasy novel. The work was an international hit and Rowling wrote six more books in the series,
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Meet The World's Youngest Female Billionaire, A College Dropout And Medical Genius Blood Money. Holmes’ company, Theranos, is now worth $9 billion. She owns 50 percent of it and is worth $4.5 billion, making her the youngest female and third-youngest billionaire on the recently released list of the 400 richest Americans from Forbes. She is the youngest woman to become a self-made billionaire.
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- James, 52, is the fourth wealthiest author according to the newspaper, after her tales of a sadomasochistic love affair seduced millions of readers and spawned a Hollywood film, party games and a lingerie line.
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- J.K. Rowling proves herself a gifted writer of children's books, not only because the plot is good and the characters come to life, but also because her writing fires the imagination and teaches positive values. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a great book for kids of all ages...from 9 to 99.
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How rich is J.K. Rowling? J.K. Rowling is the first female billionaire novelist in the world. The Harry Potter author is worth a reported $1bn, famously dropping off the Forbes rich list due the amount of tax she pays in the UK. Back in 2010 she said her reason for remaining a domiciled taxpayer was to help her children grow up with proper roots in British culture.