One day, stuck on a delayed train for four hours between Manchester and London, she came up with the idea of "Harry Potter". That was in 1990. It took her six years to write the first book. In the meantime, she went to teach in Portugal, married a Portuguese television journalist, had her daughter, Jessica and got divorced. She then returned to Britain . At that time, Jessica was only three months old. She went to live in Edinburgh to be near her sister, Di, two years younger than her. It is during that time, while her daughter was still very young, that she completed her first manuscript.
Once it was finished, she randomly sent it to two agents. One year later, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published. It was 1996.
Before the publication of the first Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, as a single mother, lived in precarity. Today, after 15 years, she has become one of the most successful and wealthiest writers in England.
My admiration for her comes from the fact that in spite of the hurdles she was confronted with, she kept writing, following her vision.
And her legacy is not insignificant. The world she has created with her Harry Potter series has marked a whole generation and has now become part of contemporary culture.
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