30 Enchanting Facts About J.K. Rowling
Did you know that in 2004 J.K. Rowling was named the first person to become a billionaire by writing books?
Authors and writers have pretty much existed since the beginning of time – starting from prehistoric cave etches, to eloquent Shakespearian sonnets. Most people have a favorite author, so let’s look at some of the best and most notable penman’s and find out some – if any – underlying motives to their works!
Did you know that in 2004 J.K. Rowling was named the first person to become a billionaire by writing books?
Frankenstein was against evil. He actually died trying to kill the monster.
In the popular Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, the world "love" appears 150 times.
The idea for writing Twilight came to Stephanie Meyers in a dream she had in 2003.
Did you know that James Herbert didn't write his first book until he was 28 years old?
Did you know the authors of Beautiful Creatures enjoyed drinking refreshing cans of Diet Coke while working on their masterpiece?
Did you know that Yann Martel's first book "Seven Stories" was published in 1993?
Victor Hugo started planning Les Miserables in the 1830's, and it wasn't published until 1862.
Did you know that J. R. R. Tolkien was home taught by his mother Mabel? She said his strengths were art, botany and languages.
Stephen King has written over 49 full length novels, 7 pen named books, 5 non-fiction texts and 5 short story collections.