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Rowling shares the same birthday with her most popular book character, Harry Potter.
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Wydean is where Rowling found inspiration for many of the professors in her Harry Potter books.
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After a day of flat hunting on the train ride home Rowling first comes up with the idea of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone.
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Rowling moves to Portugal where she begins work on the first chapters of the first Harry Potter book.
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Rowling and her daughter move to Edinburgh, Scotland where Rowling finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
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Christopher Little Literacy Agents agrees to represent Rowling in the search for a publisher. Rowling is rejected by 12 publishers before she is finally accepted.
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Scholastic Inc. bought the first Harry Potter book for $105,000.The Sorcerers Stone runs with 1,000 copies 500 of which are given to libraries.
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The Prisoner of Azkaban winning the prize made Jo the first Author to win the prize three times in a row.
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Rowling published two Hogwarts textbooks for charity, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them & Quidditch through the Ages. Fantastic Beasts later became a film in 2016.
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Universal Studios opens the famous attraction based on Rowling books in Orlando, Florida.
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