J. K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best-sellers in the world. She 1born in Britain on July 31st, 1965. She had one sister who was two years 2 than her. Both girls liked 3 to their father's bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magic. Rowling wrote her first story 4 the age of six.
On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he didn't know it. In 1992, Rowling began 5 the first Harry Potter book for young 6. It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series (系列) is 7 with people of all ages and about sixty 8 books were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That's 9 the Harry Potter series has been so popular.
J. K. Rowling is very 10 with the success. Now she's really enjoying life. She said she would go on writing children's books.
