J. K. Rowling

Birth

Jul 31, 1965

J. K. Rowling was born in Yate England [Baby Pic](bmoresweet.blogspot.com)J. K. Rowling Bio

Harry Potter: Rowling conceived idea for ther series on a train trip from Manchester to London

Apr 20, 1990

Bio infoRowling conceived idea for ther series on a train trip from Manchester to London

Mothers Death

Dec 9, 1990

Rowling's mother died, after ten years suffering from multiple sclerosis. Rolwing said this death heavily affected her writing and that she introduced much more detail about Harrys's loss in the book.
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Publishing

Apr 20, 1995

Powling finished her manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on an old manual typewriter. The book was submitted to twelve publishing houses, all of which rejected the manuscript.
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Green Light

Jul 23, 1996

PrinterPrinter PicA year later she was finally given the green light (and a $1500 advance) by editor Barry Cunningham from Bloomsbury, a small publishing house in London. The decision was partly because Barrys kid was able to read some of the book and begged her dad to read more. http://www.dpandi.com/newsreviews/r

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Jun 1, 1997

pictureBloosbury published Philosopher's Stone(changes to Sorcerer's Stone in America) with an initial print run of 1000 copies, 500 of which were distributed to libraries. The book won several awards such as the Nesttle Smarties Book Prize.
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Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secret

Jul 14, 1998

PictureHarry Potter and the Chanber of Secrets, was pulished in July 1998 and again Rowling won the Smarties Prize.

Prisoner of Prisoner of Azkaban

Dec 6, 1999

PictureThe Third Novel, Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban, won the Smarties Prize, Making Rowling the first person to win the award three times running. Later she withdrew to give others a chance to win.

Goblet of Fire

Jul 8, 2000

InfoPictureThe fourth book, Hary Potter and the Goblet fo Fire, was released simultaneously in the UK and th U.S. and broke sales records in both countries. She had lots of problems with this book and rewrote a lots.

3 years Writers Block

Jul 20, 2000

InfoPictureAfter Rowling finished the fourth book she was spectated to have a Writer's Block becaues she was running out of energy. She of course denide.

Order of the Phoenix

Jun 21, 2003

PictureThis was when the firth book came out and it once again broke all previous book selling records.

Half-Blood Prince

Jul 16, 2005

InfoPictureThe sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, was released, it too broke all sales records, selling nine million copies in the first 24 hours of release.

Deathy Hallosw

Jul 21, 2007

InfoPictureHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallos was released on 21 July 2007 and broke its predecessor's records as the fastest-selling book of all time. It sold 11 milllion copies in the first 24 hours.

The Casual Vacancy

Apr 12, 2012

Picture/infoRowling announced that ehr now adult novel "The Casual Vacancy" will be released through Littte, Brown & Company on 27 September 2012