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She _______________ (be) born in 1965 in a small town near Bristol, England.
Joanne ___________ (live) with her parents and her sister. The Rowling family was not
rich. Joanne ______________ (not go) to special schools. She was a quiet child.
She __________ (love) to read and write stories. Joanne ______________ (go) to
Exeter University, and she _____________ (finish) in 1987. She __________ (work)
job in the newspaper for an English teacher. The job was in Portugal.
Portugal, Joanne _____________ (marry) a Portuguese man. The next year, Joanne had
a daughter, but she ___________ (be) happy in her marriage. She __________ (leave)
Portugal with her daughter and ____________ (go) to live to Edinburgh, Scotland, near
her sister.
Life was difficult for Joanne. She _________________ (take) care of her
daughter. She _____________ (be) alone, and nobody __________ (help) her.
She ________________ ( have) no money and no job. She _________ (live) in a small
first _________ (think) about the Harry Potter story many years ago on a train. Joanne
liked to go a coffee shop to write. She ____________ (sit) there for many hours.
After five years, Joanne _____________ (finish) writing the first Harry
Potter book. She _____________ (send) it to many publishers. They all __________
(say) that they didn't like it. Finally, a publisher ____________ (like) it, but the
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publisher said," This is a children's book. Adults won't read. You won't make a lot of
book __________ (come) true. The book was famous all over the world.
The publisher was wrong about one thing: Everyone loves Harry Potter- children and
adults. Over 100 million books were sold in 1999.Then two Harry Potter
more Harry Potter books after that. People all over the world want more Harry