Mommies Write! J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling, Author of the Harry Potter Novels

“The idea that we could have a child who escapes from the
confines of the adult world and goes somewhere where he
has power, both literally and metaphorically, really appealed to me” says Rowling.

When Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter novel in a café she was a divorced, single mom living on public assistance. She received a grant from the Scottish Art Council to finish the book which won The British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Smarties Prize. More importantly, kids were suddenly excited about reading again.

A graduate of Exeter University, a teacher, and then an unemployed single parent, Rowling wrote Harry Potter when "I was very low, and I had to achieve something. Without the challenge, I would have gone stark raving mad." But Rowling has always written; her first book was called "Rabbit." "I was about six, and I haven't stopped scribbling since."

For Rowling, the change in her fortunes has been slightly bewildering. But her daughter has no doubt about her mother's new career: when asked what mommies do, she replies without hesitation, "Mommies write!"

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