![]() Half-Blood Prince is the second Harry Potter novel written after the September 11th attack on New York’s World Trade Center. ![]() She has since married Neil Murray, a Scottish doctor, with whom she has two younger children. With the success of the Harry Potter franchise, Rowling’s life transformed: she became a household name and the world’s first billionaire author, although she has since given much of her fortune to charity. Unable to get a job, she struggled to raise her daughter on welfare benefits while also fighting depression and working on her book. While teaching English in Portugal, Rowling got married and gave birth to her first child, but the marriage soon dissolved and she moved to Edinburgh. ![]() However, life got in the way before she finished the first book. Rowling conceived of the Harry Potter universe shortly after graduating and immediately began writing her mother’s death after years of battling multiple sclerosis informed her portrayal of Harry’s grief for his lost parents. She studied French and Classics at the University at Exeter but remained ambivalent about these subjects, preferring to read authors like Dickens and Tolkien. Growing up in rural England, Rowling enjoyed writing fantasy stories and reading aloud to her younger sister, Dianne. Chapter Twenty-Eight: Flight of the Prince.Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Lightning-Struck Tower.Chapter Twenty-Five: The Seer Overheard.Chapter Twenty-One: The Unknowable Room.Chapter Twenty: Lord Voldemort’s Request.Chapter Sixteen: A Very Frosty Christmas.Chapter Eleven: Hermione’s Helping Hand.
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