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On this day in 1965, Joanne Rowling, better known the world over as J.K. Rowling, the author and creator of the celebrated Harry Potter book series, is born near Bristol, England.

Beginning in the late 1990s, Rowling’s seven Harry Potter novels became international blockbusters, selling over 400 million copies and being translated into more than 60 languages.

The books also spawned a series of movies, video games and other merchandise that made Rowling one of the wealthiest people in the entertainment industry.

Her first Harry Potter manuscript was rejected by 12 publishers before Bloomsbury picked it up.

Rowling attended England’s University of Exeter, where she studied French, and later worked for human-rights organization Amnesty International in London and as a language instructor in Portugal.

, her publisher did suggest she not use her real name — Joanne Rowling — for her books, because they didn't believe boys would want to read a fantasy book about a boy wizard that was written by a woman.

The idea for Harry Potter came to Rowling when she was riding a train from Manchester, England, to London in 1990. She began writing the first book that night.

The "K" in J.K. is the initial of her grandmother's name — Kathleen. Rowling had no middle names of her own. Friends and family call her "Jo."

Rowling finished the book while living in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she struggled financially as a single mother and battled depression.

In 1993, she spent Christmas in Edinburgh with her sister and her young daughter Jessica. She stayed for a few months and received welfare benefits while she finished Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

A voracious reader from an early age, Rowling said she based the character of Hermione Granger on her 11-year-old self.

Her completed manuscript was turned down by a number of publishers before she got a book deal with Bloomsbury Publishing in August 1996.

She used to write books for her family's entertainment and penned her first one at age six, titled Rabbit.

She's a big fan of the block-building video game Minecraft, which she plays with her son David.

The first Harry Potter book debuted in Great Britain in 1997 under the title Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

In her late 20s, struggling as an underemployed single mom after a failed marriage, Rowling went through a period of clinical depression. Her experiences with this later inspired her descriptions of the soul-stealing Dementors introduced in the third Potter book.

The book was released in the United States the following year and renamed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

In her late 20s, struggling as an underemployed single mom after a failed marriage, Rowling went through a period of clinical depression. Her experiences with this later inspired her descriptions of the soul-stealing Dementors introduced in the third Potter book.

States the following year and renamed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Children and adults alike were captivated by the story of the bespectacled boy wizard Harry, his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, their adventures at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Harry’s struggles against his enemy, the evil Lord Voldemort.

Her net worth is estimated to be around $1 billion U.S. In 2004, Forbes magazine declared her the first person to become a U.S.-dollar billionaire primarily through book writing.

Rowling's parents actually met on a train from King's Cross Station. Potter fans will recognize King's Cross as the magical gateway into the wizarding world.

50 things you might not know about J.K. Rowling she ensured a special connection with the boy wizard: they shared a birthday, July 31. July 31, 2018 marks Rowling's 53rd birthday and Harry's 38th.

Her first Harry Potter manuscript was rejected by 12 publishers before Bloomsbury picked it up.

. On her writing style: "I am quite disciplined in my writing and do try to have a set working day, but I don't set myself targets of number of words to achieve."