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<blockquote data-quote="Channahon" data-source="post: 217824" data-attributes="member: 7666"><p>My granddaughter is a HUGE Harry Potter fan, always has one of the books with her at all times.</p><p> </p><p><strong>J. K. Rowling</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Jump to: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#column-one" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">navigation</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#searchInput" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">search</span></u></a></p><p><strong>J. K. Rowling</strong></p><p>Born:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_31" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">31 July</span></u></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">1965</span></u></a> (age 41)</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_England.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yate" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Yate</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Gloucestershire" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">South Gloucestershire</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff"><u>England</u></span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Occupation</span></u></a>:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelist" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Novelist</span></u></a>Debut works:<em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher%27s_Stone" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone</span></u></a></em>Website:<a href="http://www.jkrowling.com/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.jkrowling.com</span></u></a><strong>Joanne "Jo" Rowling</strong> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #810081">OBE</span></u></a> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_31" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">31 July</span></u></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">1965</span></u></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-lexicon-muggle-y" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[1]</span></u></a>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">English</span></u></a> fiction <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writer" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">writer</span></u></a> who writes under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_name" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">pen name</span></u></a> <strong>J. K. Rowling</strong>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-0" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[2]</span></u></a> Rowling is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">author</span></u></a> of the <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Harry Potter</span></u></a></em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">fantasy</span></u></a> series, which has gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold over 325 million copies worldwide.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-1" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[3]</span></u></a> In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2004" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">February 2004</span></u></a>, <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Forbes</span></u></a></em> magazine estimated her fortune at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">£</span></u></a>576 million (just over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">US$</span></u></a>1 billion and still is at the same spot in 2007), making her the first person to become a US-dollar billionaire by writing books.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-2" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[4]</span></u></a> In 2006, <em>Forbes</em> named her the second richest female entertainer in the world, behind talk show host <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Oprah Winfrey</span></u></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-3" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[5]</span></u></a> <em>Forbes</em> also ranked Rowling as #48 on the 100 most powerful celebrities list of 2007.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-4" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[6]</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channahon, post: 217824, member: 7666"] My granddaughter is a HUGE Harry Potter fan, always has one of the books with her at all times. [B]J. K. Rowling[/B] [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] Jump to: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#column-one"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]navigation[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#searchInput"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]search[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [B]J. K. Rowling[/B] Born:[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_31"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]31 July[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]1965[/COLOR][/U][/URL] (age 41) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_England.svg"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yate"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Yate[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Gloucestershire"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]South Gloucestershire[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England"][COLOR=#0000ff][U]England[/U][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Occupation[/COLOR][/U][/URL]:[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelist"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Novelist[/COLOR][/U][/URL]Debut works:[I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher%27s_Stone"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/I]Website:[URL="http://www.jkrowling.com/"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.jkrowling.com[/COLOR][/U][/URL][B]Joanne "Jo" Rowling[/B] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire"][U][COLOR=#810081]OBE[/COLOR][/U][/URL] (born [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_31"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]31 July[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]1965[/COLOR][/U][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-lexicon-muggle-y"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][1][/COLOR][/U][/URL]) is an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]English[/COLOR][/U][/URL] fiction [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writer"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]writer[/COLOR][/U][/URL] who writes under the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_name"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]pen name[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [B]J. K. Rowling[/B].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-0"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][2][/COLOR][/U][/URL] Rowling is the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]author[/COLOR][/U][/URL] of the [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Harry Potter[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/I] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]fantasy[/COLOR][/U][/URL] series, which has gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold over 325 million copies worldwide.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-1"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][3][/COLOR][/U][/URL] In [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2004"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]February 2004[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Forbes[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/I] magazine estimated her fortune at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]£[/COLOR][/U][/URL]576 million (just over [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]US$[/COLOR][/U][/URL]1 billion and still is at the same spot in 2007), making her the first person to become a US-dollar billionaire by writing books.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-2"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][4][/COLOR][/U][/URL] In 2006, [I]Forbes[/I] named her the second richest female entertainer in the world, behind talk show host [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Oprah Winfrey[/COLOR][/U][/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-3"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][5][/COLOR][/U][/URL] [I]Forbes[/I] also ranked Rowling as #48 on the 100 most powerful celebrities list of 2007.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#_note-4"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][6][/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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