J.K. Rowling was born in England on 31st July, 1965. She wrote her first book, Rabbit, (1) six
years old. At school she liked English and other languages, and she chose (2) (study) French in university. She graduated (3) university and worked as a secretary and a teacher.
At the age of 26 J.K. Rowling went to Portugal and became (4) English teacher. She wanted to be a writer and wrote some stories about a boy (5) (call) Harry Potter. She got married and had a baby daughter. (6) soon after, she divorced (离婚) and went to Scotland. There she lived in a small apartment with her daughter. She taught French in a school, but she (7) (real) wanted to make the Harry Potter stories into a book. This was a very difficult time in her life because they had no money. It was in a café (8) she wrote the first Harry Potter book.
In June 1997 the first Harry Potter book became famous and J.K. Rowling’s life (9) (change). Soon there were more Harry Potter books, and films too. Children loved her books and J.K. became a highly (10) (success) writer.