- 
  
  She was born July 31, 1965, Yate, near Bristol, England.
 - 
  
  She was graduated in University of Exeter .
 - 
  
  Rowling began working for Amnesty International in London, where she started to write the Harry Potter adventures
 - 
  
  In the early 1990s she traveled to Portugal to teach English as a foreign language, but, after a brief marriage and the birth of her daughter, she returned to the United Kingdom, settling in Edinburgh. Living on public assistance between stints as a French teacher, she continued to write.
 - 
  
  
 - 
  
  
 - 
  
  
 - 
  
  
 - 
  
  
 - 
  
  
 -