People Associated with Edinburgh - Adam Smith, Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, J. K. Rowling, Fish, Thomas de Quincey, Ian Charleson (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Adam Smith, Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, J. K. Rowling, Fish, Thomas De Quincey, Ian Charleson, James Young Simpson, Ian Rankin, Dorothy Dunnett, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Alexander McCall Smith, List of Edinburgh people, James Tytler, Kosei Inoue, David Daiches, Magnus Magnusson, Bernard Stewart, Lord of Aubigny, Sandra Brown, Sarah Boyack, Thomas Hamilton, Arthur Robertson Cushny, David Robb, Mael Bethad of Liberton, Sean Lineen, James Paterson, Colin McWilliam, James Finlay Weir Johnston, F. W. L. Thomas. Excerpt: Joanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE (born 31 July 1965), better known as J. K. Rowling ( -ling), is a British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies and been the basis for a popular series of films, in which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts as well as maintaining creative control by serving as a producer on the final instalment. Rowling is perhaps equally famous for her "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on benefits to multi-millionaire status within five years. As of March 2011, when its latest world billionaires list was published, Forbes estimated Rowling's net worth to be US$1 billion. The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at 560 million ($798 million), ranking her as the twelfth richest woman in the United Kingdom. Forbes ranked Rowling as the forty-eighth most powerful celebrity of 2007, and Time magazine named her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fans. In October 2010, J. K. Rowling was named 'Most Influential Woman in Britain' by ...