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Hello and welcome to wake me up.

The podcast where morning people are made. The Podcast, Where Morning People Are Made.

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In this episode, we're gonna talk about JK Rauling,

the author of Harry Potter, one of the most successful authors of the modern day.

Although her novels have reached all corners of the world, been made into blockbuster movies,

and touched the lives of many, JK Rowling didn't have a star-studded past. In fact, her life was nearly in tatters. Let's go back to 1990.

When she first had the idea of a book about a boy who goes to wizarding school.

Later that same year, her mother died after a 10-year battle with multiple sclerosis.

She never even got to tell her mother about her idea for a book. Soon after, she moved to Portugal to teach English as a second language

where she met a guy fell in love and got married.

Sounds like things are starting to get better, right?

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