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J. K. Rowling
(or Joanne Kathleen Rowling, Kennilworthy Whisp, Newt Scamander)


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J.K. Rowling has said that she was influenced by the work of C.S. Lewis.
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In the January 2001 issue of O (The Oprah Magazine), J.K. Rowling said THE LITTLE WHITE HORSE was her favorite book as a child.
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One night, as a young J. K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling traveled from Manchester to London by train, an idea for a book about a boy wizard named Harry Potter formed in her mind. It would change the course of her life forever. As a young girl growing up in Chepstow, Gwent, a historic town near the Lower Wye Valley in Southern England, Rowling loved to tell stories, and started to write them down when she was 6-years-old. Throughout her schooling, she entertained her friends during lunchtime with fa more... 
 
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7/31/1965 Gloucestershire, Southern England, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom, British Isles, Western Europe,
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From Wikipedia: Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965), who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. Aside from writing the Potter novels, Rowling is perhaps equally famous for her "rags to more... 
 
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Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JK_Rowling
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Chris wrote a review on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Since pretty much everyone I know has read these books, I figure reviewing them is pretty pointless. But with the new book coming out in a couple of days, I have to go through them beginning to end. To make the reviews more entertaining, I will be doing them in a variety of unexpected formats. For this review, I will be writing as an unnamed member of the Bush administration. So, how long until we can get this Rowling woman into Gitmo? I mean really, have you read this book? It's an 800-page diatribe encouraging children to not only question authority, but to actively disobey it! I mean look at what we have here - there's a magical government that is responsible for to oversight and management of magical folk in Britain. Now I'm not entirely sure how this organization works, but I do know this - where there is a government, there is authority, and that authority must be there for a reason. No matter how much you may disagree with it, you have to understand that everything those in authority are doing is for your benefit. It pained me to see how the character of Dolores Umbridge was treated in this book. She single-handedly tried to bring order to Hogwarts and steer it from the liberal-free-thinking path to destruction paved by that long-haired hippie Dumbledore. And what did Umbridge get for her hard work? The Medal of Freedom? No! She got carried off by a pack of wild centaurs. How is that right? Moreover, what kind of example is that setting for American children? Now I don't care if Rowling wants to cripple a generation of readers in Britain. Go ahead, it's not like we need them anyway. But with these books becoming so popular in the United States, there is a very great danger that her insidious brand of rebellion and individualism will infect our children as well, and where will that lead us? Into howling chaos, that's where! Our children will see their favorite characters being disobedient and rebellious with no consequence, and it won't be long until they're thinking they can follow their example. If we let them, our children will become just as uncontrollable as the little monsters in this book. I urge you, if you have children, not to let them read this book. It will do nothing but damage that will take years to undo. All you parents need to do is remind them is that there are people in authority - like yourselves - who know what is right for them. They just have to listen, not question, and obey, not understand. I just hope that this trend doesn't continue in the next couple of books. Personally, I'd like to see all those kids locked up and that Muggle-hugger Dumbledore thrown off a parapet or something. The sooner Hogwarts comes back under Ministry control, the better everything will be.


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Mercy and the Don Juan of LA http://www.scribd.com/doc/21614262/Mercy... Romance is a carousel of identity and truth each reaching for the golden ring that means a free ride. But there are no free rides. Only expectations, hope and caring. The garden is put in and hope arrives to tend it. ...
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Your books r soooooo gr8!! I've read and re-read all of them a 1000 tyms n i own all of them.........do write some more stuff, now that the harry potter saga has ended...
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Love your books! Please give us readers more of your writing:)
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Love your books! Please give us readers more of your writing:)
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JK Rowling...........WE Miss you writing......:)))))))
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these books have changed my perspective on things and in their own small but significant way they have also changed my life. i love these books and have re-reade all 7 books contless times and will re-read them again!!! THANK YOU J. K. ROWLING!!!!!!
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I have re-red all the Harry Potter Books so many times, I have lost count how many times I have read them LOL!
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u r very good in fiction.. very inspiring
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