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Friday, 25 June 2010
Creating Image of public figure

For this task, one image of public figure group for two person, so I like to choose J.K Rowling as a public figure.

BIOGRAPHY

J K (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling was born in July 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehensive.

Jo left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree, her course including one year in Paris. As a postgraduate she moved to London and worked as a researcher at Amnesty International among other jobs. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a delayed Manchester to London King’s Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel.

Jo then moved to northern Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. She married in October 1992 and gave birth to a daughter Jessica in 1993. When the marriage ended, she and Jessica returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh, where Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone was eventually completed.

Jo married Dr. Neil Murray in 2001, and a brother for Jessica, David, was born in 2003. A sister, Mackenzie, followed in 2005.

BOOKS (PUBLISHED)

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (September 1998)

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (June 1999)

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (September 1999)

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (July 2000)

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (June 2003)

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 2005)

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (July 2007)

http://www.qoosmagazine.com/2009/12/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-books-1-7-for.html

J K Rowling has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry’s school books within the novels:

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and

• Quidditch Through The Ages were published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books and Scholastic in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief.

• The Tales of Beedle the Bard, another charitable book, was published by and for the Children’s High Level Group in 2008.

The Harry Potter books are distributed in over 200 territories and are translated into 69 languages.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Order of the British Empire (OBE), 2001

• Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur: France, 2009

• Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, Spain, 2003

• The Edinburgh Award, 2008

• Honorary Degrees from the University of Exeter, University of St Andrews, Napier University, University of Edinburgh, Dartmouth College, USA, Harvard University, USA, University of Aberdeen.

• Commencement speaker, Harvard University, USA, 2008

• James Joyce Award, University College Dublin, 2008

• Author of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award, British Book Awards,1999 and 2008

• Booksellers Association Author of the Year, 1998 and 1999

• W H Smith Fiction Award, 2004

• Outstanding Achievement Award, South Bank Show Awards, 2008

• Blue Peter Gold Badge, awarded 2007

THE FILMS

• HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE, directed by Chris Columbus and produced by David Heyman, broke all box office records when it opened in the UK in November 2001 and has since become the number two film of all time.

• HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, the second film, also directed by Chris Columbus and produced by David Heyman, went on general release on 15th November 2002.

• HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, the third film, was released in the UK and US on June 4th 2004 and was directed by Alfonso Cuaron.

• HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, the fourth film, was released in the UK in November 2005. It was directed by Mike Newell.

• HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, the fifth film, was released in the UK and US in July 2007, and was directed by David Yates.

• HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, the sixth film, was released in July 2009 and is also directed by David Yates.

• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, coming soon Part 1, November 2010 and Part II, June 2011.