Joanne Rowling

Joanne Rowling was born on 31st July 1965. She grew up surrounded by books as her mum and dad loved reading. From an early age Joanne wanted to be a writer. She wrote her first book at the age of six-a story about a rabbit called Rabbit. When she was eleven she wrote a novel about seven cursed diamonds and the people who owned them.

Joanne went to school at Wyedean Comprehensive School and then went on to study French and Classics at the University of Exeter. Her Classics studies would come in very handy later when she was thinking up all the spells in Harry Potter, some of which are based on Latin!

Joanne first had the idea for Harry Potter while delayed on a train travelling from Manchester to London King's Cross in 1990. Over the next five years, she began to plan out the seven books of the series.

She arrived in Edinburgh in 1993 with three chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone in her suitcase. By now she had a baby daughter ,Jessica ,but she continued to write in every spare moment she could find. When Joanne had finished the manuscript, she sent the first three chapters to a number of literary agents ,one of whom wrote back asking to see the rest of it. She said that it was “the best letter I had ever received in my life”.

While being trained as a teacher after she finished her first book , Joanne learned that Harry Potter was accepted for publication by Bloomsbury. Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone quickly became a bestseller on publication in 1997. As the book was translated into other languages, Harry Potter started spreading round the globe -and Joanne was soon receiving thousands of letters from fans.

The Harry Potter books have since broken many records. In 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows became the fastest-selling book ever, selling 2. 65 million in the first 24 hours in the UK. The Harry Potter series is now published in 80 languages, and over 500 million copies have been sold across the world.

问题：At seven, Joanne wrote a novel about people who cursed diamonds.