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READING AND WRITING 5. Read about a famous writer J. K. Rowling and fill in the table of her biography.
Joanne Kathleen Rowling (born 1965) is a best-selling author. Her books are written for children, but adults love them, too. Rowling remembers that she always wanted to write and she did it when she was five or six. It was the story Rabbit. When Joanne was nine, her family moved to Tutshill. At high school her favourite subject was English. At university Rowling took her degree in French and spent one year studying in Paris. After college she moved to London to work as a secretary. On a long train trip in summer of 1990 the idea came to her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn't know it. In 1992 Rowling moved to Portugal to teach English as a second language. Her marriage to Portuguese journalist was not happy. She divorced and returned to Britain with her baby. Her suitcase was full of Harry Potter notes and chapters. The 1st book was published in June 1997 and achieved a success. Since then she has written many books about Harry Potter and has become the most popular writer not only in Britain. J. K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her daughter and continues to work as a writer.
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