Biography endnote
By Julianne
Since some of our research pieces discussed how Rowling integrated her own experiences and used elements from her own life in the books she has written, we found it natural to include a biography on our webpage. The piece also seemed important as this is, after all, a project on the author herself.
In doing research for this piece I first and foremost read the biography J. K. Rowling has written herself on her official webpage, because I thought it was essential to know what she considers important for her readers to know about her life. I also went through other short biographies, and a large number of interviews to gather more information. However, there are really only so many ways to describe a persons’ life, so I decided to stick mainly to what was written on Rowling’s official web page. The way in witch I incorporated the research for this piece is quite obvious: I wrote the biography true to the information I gathered.
The audience for this piece could be anyone who is interested in reading J. K. Rowling’s biography, and I therefore tried to keep the text short, informational, and easy to read. I chose not to incorporate too many specific events in Rowling’s life, as she did not seem to consider them important in her own biography. Though I did add a few discoveries that I found while reading interviews, because I thought they were interesting, as a fan, to discover. I did this because I think the people who will enter our website will most likely be fans and not only looking for information on the author, as there are many other sites to get just that. Examples of the discoveries i included are the fact that she used her experience of depression to create the dementors in the Prisoner of Azkaban, and that she Hermione is loosely based on Rowling’s 11-year-old self.
I think I successfully created a piece that gives a short summary of J. K. Rowling’s life, and leaves the reader with a sense of who she is as a person and how it may have affected her writing.
Since some of our research pieces discussed how Rowling integrated her own experiences and used elements from her own life in the books she has written, we found it natural to include a biography on our webpage. The piece also seemed important as this is, after all, a project on the author herself.
In doing research for this piece I first and foremost read the biography J. K. Rowling has written herself on her official webpage, because I thought it was essential to know what she considers important for her readers to know about her life. I also went through other short biographies, and a large number of interviews to gather more information. However, there are really only so many ways to describe a persons’ life, so I decided to stick mainly to what was written on Rowling’s official web page. The way in witch I incorporated the research for this piece is quite obvious: I wrote the biography true to the information I gathered.
The audience for this piece could be anyone who is interested in reading J. K. Rowling’s biography, and I therefore tried to keep the text short, informational, and easy to read. I chose not to incorporate too many specific events in Rowling’s life, as she did not seem to consider them important in her own biography. Though I did add a few discoveries that I found while reading interviews, because I thought they were interesting, as a fan, to discover. I did this because I think the people who will enter our website will most likely be fans and not only looking for information on the author, as there are many other sites to get just that. Examples of the discoveries i included are the fact that she used her experience of depression to create the dementors in the Prisoner of Azkaban, and that she Hermione is loosely based on Rowling’s 11-year-old self.
I think I successfully created a piece that gives a short summary of J. K. Rowling’s life, and leaves the reader with a sense of who she is as a person and how it may have affected her writing.
Resources for this piece
"Mugglemarch." The New Yorker. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.newyorker.com/>.
"1999: Accio Quote!, the Largest Archive of J.K. Rowling Interviews on the Web." 1999: Accio Quote!, the Largest Archive of J.K. Rowling Interviews on the Web. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/0999-slj-feldman.htm>.
"Welcome to J.K. Rowlings New Website." J.K. Rowling. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.jkrowling.com/>.
"1999: Accio Quote!, the Largest Archive of J.K. Rowling Interviews on the Web." 1999: Accio Quote!, the Largest Archive of J.K. Rowling Interviews on the Web. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/0999-slj-feldman.htm>.
"Welcome to J.K. Rowlings New Website." J.K. Rowling. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.jkrowling.com/>.