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On a four hour delayed train to London, Rowling imagines the plot for Harry Potter.She begins writing the story later that night.
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After a long, hard fought battle with multiple sclerosis, Joanne's mother dies.
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While in Portugal she marries a Portugese television journalist named Jorge Arantes.The marriage ends up in a divorce.
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Her first daughter, Jessica Isabel entered into the world.
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Rowling wins the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award.
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Rowling finishes Harry Potter and the Sorcere's Stone.
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Once again J.K. Rowling is the proud prize winner of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is published.
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J.K. Rowling is the only author to win the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award three times in a row.
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National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, winner Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets