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Born July 31, 1965, known under the pseudonyms JK Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British writer, screenwriter and film producer. The Harry Potter books have won several awards and have sold over 400 million copies. They became the best-selling book series in history and the basis for the film series, which became the second highest grossing film series in history. J.K. Rowling herself approved the scripts of the films, and also became a part of the producers of the last two parts. Rowling was working as a research assistant and secretary-translator for Amnesty International when, on a train ride from Manchester to London in 1990, she came up with the idea for a Harry Potter novel. In the next seven years, Rowling's mother died, she herself divorced her first husband and lived in poverty until she published the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1997). Subsequently, she wrote 6 sequels - the last was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) - as well as 3 additions to this series. After that, Rowling parted ways with her agency and began writing for adult readers, releasing the tragicomedy "The Accidental Vacancy" (2012) and - under the pseudonym "Robert Galbraith" - the crime novels "Call of the Cuckoo" (2013), "Silkworm" (2014), " In the service of evil "(2015) .
In five years, Rowling has gone from living on welfare to multimillionaire status. She is the best-selling author in the UK, with over ? 238 million in sales. In 2008, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at ? 560 million, making her the 12th richest woman in Britain. Forbes ranked Rowling as the 48th most influential celebrity in 2007, and Time magazine ranked her second in the 2007 Person of the Year nomination for the social, moral and political inspiration she gave her fans. In October 2010, Rowling was named "Britain's Most Powerful Woman" by the editors of leading magazines. She has become a notable philanthropist, supporting organizations such as Laughter Discharge, Gingerbread,

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