Now an internationally renowned author of the best-selling Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling wrote her first book Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone while her young daughter napped. After being turned down several times, Rowling finally found a publisher. In the years since, her writing has earned her the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Whitbread Award for Best Childrens Book, a special commendation for the Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize, the Smarties Prize, and many more. Learn the story of her life, from her childhood in England through the present day.