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Jk Rowling Influences

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Before she was a famous author, J.K Rowling lived a challenging life. She “was born on July 31, 1965 near Bristol, England…(and) has one younger sister named Dianne” (Tieck 6). When she was young and growing up in the countryside, she loved literature. Victoria Peterson-Hilleque writes that Joanne was “Influenced by author and illustrator Richard Scarry” and “she wrote her first book at a young age about a rabbit sick with measles”. She continued being inspired by authors like Scarry and wrote into her teenaged years. However, when J.K was 15, her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (Tieck 10). After learning this, she was even more motivated to continue writing. When she graduated from secondary school, she studied at Exeter University,

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