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J. K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing Harry Potter, a seven-volume series about a young wizard which is the best-selling book series in history, with over 600 million copies sold. She also writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith.
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“s adventures at Hogwarts with friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley and his attempts to defeat the wizard, Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry”
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“home was a difficult place to be”
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La Razón: "Harry Potter" suma otro rechazo por J.K. Rowling y reabre el debate sobre su nueva serie
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TierraGamer: Directora de Black Mirror decidió no entrarle a Harry Potter para no lidiar con la transfobia de J. K. Rowling
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Tomatazos: Directoras de ‘Loki’ y ‘Black Mirror’ rechazaron trabajar en ‘Harry Potter’ por la polémica de J.K. Rowling
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IMDb: Marvel Director Officially Confirms Rejecting HBO’s Harry Potter Over J.K. Rowling’s Stance
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LGBTQ Nation: “Absolutely f**king not!”: Queer directors refuse "Harry Potter" work over JK Rowling's transphobia
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Fox News: HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ gets a hard no from ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Loki’ directors over JK Rowling’s trans views
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TheWrap: ‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Lost 2 Directors Over Jk Rowling’s Anti-Trans Views
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Fox News: La serie de HBO «Harry Potter» recibe un rotundo «no» de los directores de «Black Mirror» y «Loki» por las opiniones de J. K. Rowling sobre las personas trans
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玩具人 TOY PEOPLE: J.K. Rowling's Transgender Controversy Sparks "Harry Potter" Series Boycott; "Black Mirror," "Loki" Directors Publicly Decline Offers
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huffingtonpost.co.uk: Prolific TV Directors Claim They Turned Down Harry Potter Over JK Rowling's Involvement
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Yahoo: Harry Potter TV Show Loses Black Mirror Director Amid J.K. Rowling Controversy
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Variety: ‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Loki’ Directors Say They Rejected HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Due to J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia: ‘Absolutely F—ing Not’
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The Hollywood Reporter: Two Directors Reveal They Rejected HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Due to J.K. Rowling
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SensaCine.com.mx: Actriz de la serie ‘Harry Potter’ de HBO Max se posiciona en contra de J.K. Rowling: “La comunidad trans merece seguridad”
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Mshale: Amnesty International UK Picks The WRONG Fight With J.K. Rowling Below Deck Mediterranean Season 11 (goa5EA2YFI)
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Vulture: Nicholas Hoult Cast As Latest Actor to Have to Distance Self From J.K. Rowling
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elperiodico.digital: J. K. Rowling Y El Nuevo Fenómeno Potter En 2026
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Yahoo: 'Ironic and inexplicable': The Harry Potter stars critical of J.K. Rowling's transgender views
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Oxford Mail: Harry Potter TV star speaks out on J.K. Rowling's controversial views
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La Razón: Una estrella de la serie de Harry Potter, contra J. K. Rowling: "La comunidad trans merece seguridad y dignidad"
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Espinof: 'Harry Potter', en qué orden ver las películas de la mágica saga creada por J.K. Rowling
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Yahoo: Nicholas Hoult Fans 'Disappointed' Over New Harry Potter Role Amid JK Rowling Controversy
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Collider: New ‘Harry Potter’ Star Officially Slams J.K. Rowling Ahead of HBO Reboot
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Mshale: JK Rowling: A Witch Who Refuses To Burn Harlequins (HFCMD1DHsQ)
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Snopes rated the claim “Author J.K. Rowling posted an "upskirt" photo of a transgender woman named Freda Wallace on social media.” Mixture.
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Span ten years of production and feature a series dedicated to each of the seven Harry Potter books, with Rowling as executive producer
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Paul McCartney, Steven Tyler, J.K. Rowling, and Mick Jagger said "I see the world being corrupted by Gayness"” It's Viet Spam.
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Snopes rated the claim “Duolingo, the language learning app, apologized in an X post for calling author JK Rowling "mean" in a German lesson.” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Ursula Le Guin wrote about fellow fantasy author JK Rowling, “The only thing that rankles me is her apparent reluctance to admit that she ever learned anything from other writers.”” Correct Attribution.
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Reported claimRated A spokesperson for J.K. Rowling confirmed the claim is “completely false” and that she said no such comment. Full Fact could find no evidence she’d sold property in the UK or bought any in Russia. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “J.K. Rowling has sold her property in the UK and purchased an apartment in Moscow. She said Russia is the “last state where I can call a spade a spade with impunity”.” A spokesperson for J.K. Rowling confirmed the claim is “completely false” and that she said no such comment. Full Fact could find no evidence she’d sold property in the UK or bought any in Russia..
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Variety wrote that Rowling had "made her campaign against trans identity the central focus of her online persona"
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Snopes rated the claim “In an interview published in April 2023, author Judy Blume said she was "behind J.K. Rowling 100%" in terms of her "defense of women’s sex-based rights."” Mixture.
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Snopes rated the claim “J.K. Rowling, British author of the “Harry Potter” book series, tweeted, "If you American birds could keep your legs closed then maybe you wouldn’t need abortions in the first place?"” False.
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Reported claimRated The article was not a poll but a request for readers to nominate their “Person of the Year”. The responses were reported on 30 December, including Ms Rowling as a nominee. The Guardian regularly runs similar articles and deactivates submissions after a period of time. It did not publish a tally of the results. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “The Guardian deactivated its 2021 “Person of the Year” poll after J.K. Rowling took the lead.” The article was not a poll but a request for readers to nominate their “Person of the Year”. The responses were reported on 30 December, including Ms Rowling as a nominee. The Guardian regularly runs similar articles and deactivates submissions after a period of time. It did not publish a tally of the results..
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Against the Scottish Parliament's bill to simplify changing one's legal gender, Rowling founded Beira's Place with her own funds, a women-only rape help centre that provides free support services to survivors of sexual v
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Wrote that her father would have preferred a son and described herself as having severe obsessive–compulsive disorder in her teens
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“Opis: na Twitterze 7 czerwca 2020.”
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Snopes rated the claim “In June 2019, J.K. Rowling definitively confirmed her antipathy towards trans women and/or opposition to trans inclusion.” Mixture.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says author J.K. Rowling was the first billionaire to fall off Forbes billionaire list because of charitable giving.” Half True.
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Retaining original content, and now operates under the name HarryPotter
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“Opis: na Twitterze, 19 grudnia 2019.”
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When she defended Maya Forstater, whose employment contract was not renewed after she made a series of tweets questioning UK government plans to let people declare their own gender
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She gave an additional £15.3 million to the centre in 2019.
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Snopes rated the claim “"Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling revealed that lead film actor Daniel Radcliffe is Chinese.” False.
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BBC One aired the first episode of the five-season series Strike, a television adaptation of the Cormoran Strike novels starring Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger, with a sixth season being shot in 2024
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Snopes rated the claim “Author J.K. Rowling was the first person to fall off of the Forbes billionaires list due to donating so much money to charity.” Mixture.
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She campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.
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(following the singer Elton John), giving about $14 million
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Rowling joined 150 others in signing a letter published in The Guardian in favour of cultural engagement with Israel
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She was the second most generous UK donor in 2015 (following the singer Elton John), giving about $14 million.
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The innovative new media site moved to a more traditional content model, and Rowling allowed digital sales to transition to an industry standard open-commerce model
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Believing that depriving Israel of shared culture would not dislodge him
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She opposed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but refused to support a cultural boycott of Israel in 2015, believing that depriving Israel of shared culture would not dislodge him.
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For libel about her time as a single mother
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For the 'extraordinary contribution she has made to the field of literature, and in particular to children's reading and literacy'
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Rowling opposed the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, and donated £1 million to the Better Together anti-independence campaign.
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Rowling published the book and, in 2013, donated the proceeds of nearly £19 million (then about $30 million) to Lumos.
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Including a planned series of films about her character Newt Scamander, fictitious author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Donated the proceeds of nearly £19 million (then about $30 million) to Lumos
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Was recognised as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE)
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An e-book publisher and interactive content portal on which she would publish articles about the Harry Potter universe
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She named another institution after her mother in 2010, when she donated £10 million to found a multiple sclerosis research centre at the University of Edinburgh.
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Rowling criticised the prime minister David Cameron's plan to offer married couples an annual tax credit
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When she donated £10 million to found a multiple sclerosis research centre at the University of Edinburgh
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In her "Single mother's manifesto" published in The Times in 2010, Rowling criticised the prime minister David Cameron's plan to offer married couples an annual tax credit.
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But set it aside to focus on other works including Casual Vacancy
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Forbes named her the world's highest-paid author
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Rowling and 12 other writers composed short pieces in 2008 to be sold to benefit Dyslexia Action and English PEN.
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Rowling donated £1 million to the Labour Party, endorsed the Labour prime minister Gordon Brown over his Conservative challenger David Cameron, and commended Labour's policies on child poverty
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To be sold to benefit Dyslexia Action and English PEN
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In 2008, Rowling donated £1 million to the Labour Party, endorsed the Labour prime minister Gordon Brown over his Conservative challenger David Cameron, and commended Labour's policies on child poverty.
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Career landmark: Participated in commencement at the Harvard University (tournament / event).
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To support Children's Voice, later renamed Lumos, Rowling sold a deluxe copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard at auction in 2007; Amazon's £1.95 million purchase set a record for a contemporary literary work and for children's literature.
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“Bo widzisz, Harry, to nasze wybory ukazują, kim naprawdę jesteśmy, o wiele bardziej niż nasze zdolności.”
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“Porządnymi ludźmi łatwo jest manipulować.”
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“Ich obecność była jego odwagą, to ona sprawiała, że był w stanie robić krok za krokiem.”
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“[Before her success] I totally felt a waste of space. I was lousy. Yes I did, yes. And now I feel that, it turns out there was one thing I was good at, and I'd always expected I could tell a story, and I suppose it's rather sad that I needed confirmation by being published.”
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Rowling's charitable donations between 2005 and 2025 were estimated at over $200 million by Forbes, which also estimated she had donated $160 million before 2012.
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“Magia nie zmienia zbytnio świata. Właściwie jeszcze bardziej go komplikuje.”
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“Lepiej umrzeć, niż zdradzić swoich przyjaciół.”
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Together with the member of the European Parliament, Emma Nicholson, Rowling founded the charity now known as Lumos in 2005.
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“I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, "Ms. Rowling, I'm so glad I've read these books because now I want to be a witch." They see it for what it is [...] It is a fantasy world and they understand that completely.I don't believe in magic, either.”
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“Opis: o książce Harry Potter i Kamień Filozoficzny.”
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“Nie żałuj umarłych, Harry, żałuj żywych, a przede wszystkim tych, którzy żyją bez miłości.”
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“Zawsze nazywaj rzeczy po imieniu. Strach przed imieniem wzmaga strach przed samą rzeczą.”
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“I don't think I've ever wanted magic more.”
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“Nadchodzi czas, kiedy będzie trzeba wybrać między tym co dobre, a tym co łatwe.”
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“Czy Harry zakocha się w kolejnej dziewczynie w tomie szóstym, czy też będzie zbyt zajęty, by znaleźć czas na miłość?– Będzie zajęty, ale czym jest życie bez odrobiny miłości?”
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“(...) nie jest ważne, kim kto się urodził, ale czym się stał.”
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“I've given you more than I've given anyone else which I probably shouldn't probably say on — on screen, or they'll kidnap and torture him, and we need him.”
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“Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. [...] It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It's a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.”
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“To, że twoja wrażliwość uczuciowa mieści się w łyżeczce do herbaty nie świadczy o tym, że wszyscy są tak upośledzeni.”
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“Obojętność i lekceważenie często wyrządzają więcej krzywd niż jawna niechęć.”
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“Opis: autorka droczy się z fanami, dla których oczywiste jest, że tytuły kolejnych tomów zaczną się od „Harry Potter i….”
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“Zagłuszanie bólu na jakiś czas sprawia, że powraca ze zdwojoną siłą.”
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“Tylko że ludzie mają wrodzony talent do wybierania właśnie tego, co dla nich najgorsze.”
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“I've never set out to teach anyone anything. It's been more of an expression of my views and feelings than sitting down and deciding "What is today's message?" And I do think that, although I never, again, sat down consciously and thought about this, I do think judging, even for my own daughter, that children respond to that than to "thought for the day.”
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“Będziemy na tyle silni, na ile będziemy zjednoczeni i na tyle słabi, na ile podzieleni.”
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“If you need to tell your readers something … there are only two characters that you can put it convincingly into their dialogue. One is Hermione, the other is Dumbledore. In both cases you accept, it's plausible that they have, well Dumbledore knows pretty much everything anyway, but that Hermione has read it somewhere. So, she's handy.”
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“Nigdy się nie spodziewałam, że ktoś będzie się interesował mną osobiście; w moich najdzikszych fantazjach nie posunęłam się dalej, jak tylko publikacja książki i szczytem osiągnięć wydawała mi się recenzja w dobrej gazecie.”
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She was appointed president of One Parent Families (now Gingerbread) in 2004, after becoming its first ambassador in 2000.
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Forbes named Rowling "the first billion-dollar author"
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After becoming its first ambassador in 2000
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And their daughter Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray in 2005
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Rowling was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) and awarded as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (HonFRSE)
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Rumours circulated that Rowling had writer's block
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After Rowling sold film rights to Warner Bros
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Established the Volant Charitable Trust, named after her mother to address social deprivation in at-risk women, children and youth
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Alleging that Harry Potter was based on stories she published in 1984
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Planned to move with her boyfriend to Manchester, and frequently took long train trips to visit
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Rowling joined a Brownies pack
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Rowling began attending the nearby Church of England School
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Born 1965-07-31.
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