Who Is J.K. Rowling?

By Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso

4.00 JOD

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ISBN: 9780448458724

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

Binding: Paperback

Number of Pages: 112

Publication Date: 2012

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In 1995, on a four hour delayed train from Manchester to London, J. K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling’s true life, rags to riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created. This biography details not only Rowling’s life and her love of literature but the story behind the creation of a modern classic.

Pamela Pollock and Meg Belviso are authors of several books for children and reside in New York, New York. Stephen Marchesi has illustrated several titles in the Who Was? series and lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Nancy Harrison lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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In 1995, on a four hour delayed train from Manchester to London, J. K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling's true life, rags to riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created. This biography details not only Rowling's life and her love of literature but the story behind the creation of a modern classic.