J. K. Rowling (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Joanne Kathleen Rowling (ROHL-ihng) spent her early years living in various locations near the city of Bristol, where her father, Peter, worked for Rolls-Royce as an engineer, before moving to the village of Tuthill in the Forest of Dean in 1974. She was head girl at Wyedean Comprehensive School before going on to study French and classics at Exeter University. She attended Moray House Teacher Training College in Manchester before working in London as a secretary and as a research assistant for Amnesty International. In 1991 she went to Oporto in Portugal to teach English as a second...
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