J K Rowling
J.K. Rowling’s life has been incredible in terms of her rags-to-riches story, and her sudden rise to international fame. ... While Harry Potter grows up under the thumbs of the nasty Dursleys, Rowling recalls a happy middle-class childhood in a close family in southwest England. ... Trains are a major thread running through the life of Joanne Kathleen Rowling (rhymes with “bowling”). ... Harry Potter came to Rowling while stuck on a train, and her parents nearly 40 years earlier on yet another.