Everyone loves Harry Potter! He is one of the most (1) ______ characters in the worldEveryone loves Harry Potter! He is one of the most (1) ______ characters in the world. His creator, J.K. Rowling, is now a successful writer, but life was not always easy for her. Born (2) ______ 1965, Rowling grew up in a small town in England. She played in the surrounding fields, imagining that they were full (3) ______ magic. Misfortune hit when Rowling (4) ______ fifteen. Her mother became ill and died several years later. Rowling had a baby and then her marriage broke up. She became deeply depressed. Harry Potter saved her. While sitting (5) ______ a train in 1990, Rowling got the idea for Harry. "All at once, the (6) ______ for Harry just appeared in my head… I have never been so excited." Unemployed and poor, Rowling started writing. She worked extremely (7) _______, writing day after day in a cafe, with her baby next to her. In 1996, when she tried to sell (8) ______ first Harry Potter story, twelve publishers refused it. Then she finally received good news – (9) ______ thirteenth publisher had accepted it! "I felt so happy," Rowling said, "that it was going to be a real book on the shelf of a (10) _______." idea of bookstore popular was her on in hard the
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