J. K. Rowling: A Biography (2001)

by Sean Smith

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J.K. Rowling's meteoric rise to worldwide superstardom and bestseller status is now the stuff of tabloid legend -- how she would spend hours in a café in Edinburgh, nursing a single coffee and a glass of water while she wrote the Harry Potter novel that would bring her fame and fortune. Creator of the most famous and best-loved character in contemporary fiction, J.K. Rowling is also the author of her own escape from a depressing existence on the verge of destitution. Sean Smith traces the life story of this phenomenal woman who has brought joy and inspiration to millions of readers around the world. And in a book based on exhaustive interviews with many of the people from her past and her present, Smith also traces the origins of the books that are worldwide bestsellers.… (more)

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Det var spännande att läsa om Rowling även om jag hellre hade läst en självbiografi. (

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autisticluke | Nov 14, 2019 |

First full length biography of JK Rowling uses interviews with people who have known her and examines how the Harry Potter books came to be written and the influences surrounding them. Sean Smith is a former tabloid journalist for Mirror and the People and he appears to have used this approach to write this. His other works include Britney Spears and Jennifer Aniston. Definitely not authorised. Nuff said. (

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Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story [2011 TV Movie] by Paul A. Kaufman

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2001

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J.K. Rowling's meteoric rise to worldwide superstardom and bestseller status is now the stuff of tabloid legend -- how she would spend hours in a café in Edinburgh, nursing a single coffee and a glass of water while she wrote the Harry Potter novel that would bring her fame and fortune. Creator of the most famous and best-loved character in contemporary fiction, J.K. Rowling is also the author of her own escape from a depressing existence on the verge of destitution. Sean Smith traces the life story of this phenomenal woman who has brought joy and inspiration to millions of readers around the world. And in a book based on exhaustive interviews with many of the people from her past and her present, Smith also traces the origins of the books that are worldwide bestsellers.

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