J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life

One explanation for the lack of wizard literature is that the energies directed into literature in the Muggle world are directed into magic in the magical world: this is their poesis, their creative art. A fan of Susan Cooper, Ursula Le Guin and Philip Pullman, I found the prose wooden and the characters dull. ... Full Review

By Ian MacKenzie and Nick Zieminski EDINBURGH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling's first editor, who championed Harry Potter after several publishers had turned the boy wizard down, described the author as "fierce" but fair to work with. Rowling "fierce" but fair about Potter: editor ... Full Review

EDINBURGH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling's first editor, who championed Harry Potter after several publishers had turned the boy wizard down, described the author as "fierce" but fair to work with. Rowling "fierce" but fair about Potter: editor ... Full Review

J.K. Rowling was suicidal as young mom We're talking suicidal thoughts here, we're not talking, 'I'm a little bit miserable,'" Rowling said in a fuller version of the interview that the magazine reporter published on his Facebook site. ... Full Review

It's a dark period of her life that holds no lasting negative connotations for Rowling and one that she is more than happy to talk about. As for the present day, Rowling said that while "not for the reasons people would expect at all"-namely, her estimated $1 billion fortune-she "is much happier now. ... Full Review