Who is J.K. Rowling?

by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso
Lexile:  860
Genre:  Biography

Who is J.K. Rowling?  Well, she happens to be one and only creator of a boy wizard named Harry Potter!  J. K. Rowling knew she wanted to be a writer, but it took a long time for her to be able to have the time to focus on the stories she had been carrying around in her head.  If you're a Harry Potter fan, you'll enjoy learning more about the imagination that created Pottermania.



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