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Subject: J.K.Rowling appreciation topic
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jakimc 13.05.09 - 10:01am
if it wasnt 4 this special lady none of us wd b here so lets have ur thoughts n praise 4 SHE-WHO-MUST-BE-NAMED 
the wonderful Joanne Kathleen Rowling! include ne knowledge or news u have bout her! *
janfer 13.05.09 - 01:07pm
She's very special even in her personal life. On biography channel they show her life before n after hp, she show her old apartment, the 1 that she kept after hp because 4 her is very special. She show the napkins cus sometimes didnt had paper, or on the back of a enciclopedia, she draw the characters. is amazing. Yesterday she was poor and now ppl says that she has more money than the queen and 1 of the richiest of the world. Hail jk rowling. 
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jakimc 15.05.09 - 06:21pm
heres a cpl of facts that u may or may not no - she was born on 31st july 1965 n she actually doesnt have a middle name! she began as joanne rowling bt her publisher, bloomsbury, wanted her 2 use 2 initials so she picked the name kathleen which is her grandmothers name! *
jakimc 15.05.09 - 07:08pm
AND she has a house bout 40 miles away from me!!! now how cool is THAT? *
janfer 15.05.09 - 09:52pm
Wow jaki. Thats amaizing. Can u get a photo so we can see the house.? That would be cool! *
jakimc 15.05.09 - 10:38pm
i've never actually been there n dunno where the house is i just no where the town is bt if i ever take a trip there i'll def get sum pix 4 u guys *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 08:57pm
Joanne (JK) Rowling ranks 1062 on The Forbes World's Billionaires 2008 and has topped Forbes list of highest paid authors, making an astounding 300 million in the last year *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:34pm
J. K. Rowling chose to use initials for her books because her publisher feared that if readers knew she was female, they would lose interest in the boy wizard, Harry Potter. Of course, everyone later learned this was hardly the case. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:35pm
Harry Potter was created on napkins while J. K. Rowling was a single mother traveling by train. She completed her first book-length m cript on an old manual typewriter while she was unemployed and living on state benefits. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:36pm
Twelve publishing houses initially rejected her first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. A small publisher, Bloomsbury, finally decided to give Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling a chance, awarding the author a small advance. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:37pm
. K. Rowling experienced quite a turnaround with the success of Harry Potter, and in 2006, the author was named the second richest female entertainer in the world behind Oprah Winfrey. Her fortune is estimated at just over One Billion U.S. Dollars. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:39pm
The sixth book of the Harry Potter series,Half Blood Prince sold more copies in twenty-four hours than The Da Vinci Code sold in a year. It also earned the Guinness Book of World Records Award for being the fastest selling book ever. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:41pm
J. K. Rowling has assured the world that the seventh book in the Harry Potter series will also be the last. Although famous authors such as Stephen King and John Irving have begged J. K. Rowling not to kill off Harry Potter, the author has remained ambiguo *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:42pm
... the author has remained ambiguous about the boy wizard's fate. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:43pm
Rowling contributes a good deal of money and support to charitable causes. She has suggested that she might publish an encyclopedia of the Harry Potter world, and contribute any and all earnings from the publication to charity. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:45pm
Although J. K. Rowling will not be adding any more books to the Harry Potter series, she does intend to continue writing. In 2006, she revealed plans for another children's book about a monster, aimed at a younger audience than those that enjoy Harry Potte *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:49pm
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was the movie that started it all. While fans may simply love this movie, there are several fun facts that they may not know. Here are just a few of the little known facts about the movie *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:51pm
Steven Spielberg was actually considered for the director of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Spielberg, along with several other directors, was turned down and the position was eventually given to Chris Columbus who did a fantastic job *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:53pm
America is the only country in the world where Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone wasn't known as the Philosopher's Stone. That meant that any time the philosopher's stone was mentioned, the scene has to be filmed a second time using scorserers stone *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:54pm
sorcerer's stone. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:54pm
J.K. Rowling knew that she wanted Robbie Coltrane to play Hagrid. That may be why he was the first actor to be cast for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:56pm
In the scenes of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone that feature the moving staircase, a portrait of Anne Boleyn can be seen in Hogwarts. This is a really fun fact because Anne Boleyn was once believed to be a witch. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:57pm
Rosie O'Donnell and Robin Williams actually offered to act for free just for a chance to be in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The only problem is they aren't from the UK. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 09:57pm
Another fun fact is that the Harry Potter movies, for the most part, contain UK actors (except for the actors who play foreign characters of course). *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 10:00pm
While Alan Rickman may seem like the most perfect person in the world for the part of Snape, he was not the only actor who was considered for this part. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 10:01pm
Several actors tried out for the part, but after actor Tim Roth decided to drop out of the running, J.K. Rowling chose Alan Rickman for
the part of Severus Snape. *
candyqty 16.05.09 - 10:01pm
Some of the inside shots of Gringotts Bank were actually shot from the inside the Australian Embassy in London. *
