From Homeless to Hogwarts: JK Rowling

byDr Preetika Chandna

Gryffindor. Hufflepuff. Ravenclaw. Slytherin—the four houses of the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter series were names that were first scribbled onto an airplane vomit bag! DR PREETIKA CHANDNA tells you more about how JK Rowling became the most famous children’s author in the world.

"You control your own life. Your own will is extremely powerful."- JK Rowling Joanne Rowling, better known as JK Rowling, was born in 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She was a passionate reader and wrote her first story when she was six and her first novel at 11. Her reading and writing spr