![]() Next Jo started looking for an agent, someone who would help her publish the book. Together they learn about the mysteries of the school, deal with bullies, play a magical game called Quidditch, and come face to face with Lord Voldemort, the world’s most evil wizard who wants nothing more than to stop Harry and his friends. In the book after Harry leaves his horrible relatives, the Dursley’s, and takes a train to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he becomes friends with two other students, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Because real life was so hard for Jo, she found that writing about the magical life of Harry Potter made her happy for a time.Įventually Jo’s first book was finished and she called it Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Once Jessica was asleep, Jo would go to cafes and sit and write her story. In Scotland she didn’t have a job, because she spent all of her time taking care of her baby Jessica.ĭuring the day Jo would take Jessica on walks around the city until she fell asleep. In Portugal Jo and her husband struggled with their marriage and eventually it got so bad that she moved to Scotland with her baby. She met a journalist while living there and they got married and had a baby who she named Jessica after one of her favorite authors. While in Portugal she would work on her story during the day and teach English at night. She thought it sounded interesting to go somewhere new, so she packed up her things and took a plane to this new country. While Jo was writing, she saw an ad in the newspaper for a job in Portugal teaching English. ![]() ![]() Sometimes when people are sad, they write to help them work through their feelings. It was a very hard time for Jo and she took all of her sad feelings and used many of them in her story about Harry Potter, who also lost his parents and spent much time wanting to be with them again. Finally, Jo’s big idea had come and more than anything she wanted to share her big idea with others! She planned to write seven different books about Harry Potter and his magical world.Īround this time Jo’s mother passed away from multiple sclerosis. She named the boy Harry Potter and began to dream up his adventures at the school for wizards. After the train ride she hurried home as fast as he could and began writing her story. A picture of this boy began to form in her mind - he had brown hair, glasses and a scar on his forehead. During the ride she suddenly imagined a little boy on the train going far away to a school for wizards. Jo wanted to write her own book someday, but was still waiting for her big idea to come.Īfter college, Jo got a job and one day she was on a very long train ride from Manchester to London. She did well enough in college, but her favorite past time was to read books by great authors such as Charles Dickens and JRR Tolkien, who wrote The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. She was sad when she found out they wouldn’t let her in, so she went to a different college called Exeter where she studied French and the Classics. Her mother had always encouraged her to keep writing and doing what she loved most.Īfter primary school Jo wanted to go to one of the best colleges in England called Oxford. This wasn’t easy for Jo, because she loved her mom and was very close to her. This made it hard for her to do things like walk and move her body. Around this time, her mother became sick with a disease called multiple sclerosis. When Jo was in primary school she was pretty normal at most subjects, but was especially good at English and writing. Jo was also very close to her mother who often read to her at night. ![]() She wrote her first book at age six and called it “Rabbit.” After she wrote these stories she would read them to her little sister. Like you, Jo had a big imagination and loved playing in the woods and dreaming up magical stories. One such child like you was a girl named Joanne Rowling, but her friends and family called her “Jo.” Jo lived in England with her mom and dad and younger sister named Dianne. Just think of the incredible things you can dream up and imagine and do with that awesome power alone. Did you know there are more neurons in your brain than stars in the galaxy? That is one of the many things that makes you an amazing being. Inside your brain are very small things called neurons which help create your thoughts and memories and imagination. I think adults could learn a few things from kids about what real imagination and play is like, don’t you? Do you remember the last time you were playing and you got so lost in your imagination that it felt like real life? That is always an amazing experience and often kids experience it a lot more than adults. ![]()
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