JK Rowling

By jazzcjs

  • Rowling was Born

  • The Idea on the Train

    Rowling came up with the idea of a young boy attending a wizarding school on a 4 hour delayed train from Manchester to London. She doesn't know where it came from, it started with Harry and then all these other ideas just flooded into her head

  • Her Mother Dies

    She was writing Harry Potter when her mother died, before she could ever tell her about it. This is why there is alot of focus on the loss of his parent in the first book, Rowling knew how it felt

  • She gets Married

  • She has a daughter in Portugal

  • She gets a divorce

  • Rowling moves to Edinburgh, Scotland with her daughter

    And 3 chapters of Harry Potter in her suitcase

  • Sometime in 1995 writing is finished for Harry Potter and The Philosipher's Stone

  • In June 1997 the book is published with Blomsbury

    After being rejected by 15 other publishers she finally finds a publisher for her book

  • 5 months after the book is published it wins its first award the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

  • In early 1998 an auction is won by Scholastic for the rights to publish Harry Potter in the US

  • The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is Published

  • In October 1998 Scholastic published the Philosopher's Stone in the US with the title of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    Rowling now says she regrets this change

  • Warner Bros. Purchases the rights to make film adaptations of the First Two books

  • Film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is released

  • Film adaptation of the second book, The Chamber of Secrets, is released