J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter is everywhere in this day and age; you can find Harry Potter-based movies, television shows, plays, theme parks, and even a real-life sport. So it can be tough to imagine the author of the Harry Potter books struggling at any point. Joanne or J.K. Rowling published the first Harry Potter novel in 1997. It was not a straightforward path for her to get there.
Her ideas for Harry Potter first started back in 1990. Between the inception of Harry Potter to finishing her first manuscript in 1995, she lost her mother, got married and then divorced, was diagnosed with clinical depression, and considered suicide. At one point, Rowling was a single mother living on welfare working on the books.
Twelve different publishing houses rejected her first manuscript; it took a year before one accepted her manuscript. However, success quickly followed, and the Harry Potter series is the highest-selling novel series ever, with over 500 million copies sold.
Quotes
I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed, never,...What’s to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.
J.K. Rowling
An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless. The fears that my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself, had both come to pass, and by every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.
J.K. Rowling
References
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JK Rowling on Overcoming Depression
It’s well-known that one of the world’s most famous authors went from being a single mother in a cold water flat to the beloved and acclaimed author who created the magical world of Harry Potter.
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