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Novelist, Film Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter, Philanthropist. Born: 31 July 1965, Yate, Gloucestershire, England. Birth Name: Joanne Rowling. Pen Name: J K Rowling, Robert Galbraith. Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Young Adult Fiction, Tragicomedy, Crime Fiction. Notable works: Harry Potter Series. Childhood and Early Life J K Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, and Anne Rowling, a science technician, on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire. Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old.  She attended St Michael's Primary School. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore. As a child, J K Rowling often wrote fantasy stories which she frequently read to her sister. Aged nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Chepstow, Wales. She attended secondary school at Wyed...

Born: 7 February 1812, Landport, Hampshire, England. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="181"] Buy Charles Dickens Books from Amazon [/caption] Died: 9 June 1870, Higham, Kent, England Charles Dickens was the well-loved and prolific British author of numerous works that are now considered classics. Over the course of his writing career, he wrote the beloved classic novels Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. Dickens died of a stroke, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. Childhood and Early Life Famous British author Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, on the southern coast of England. He was the second of eight children. His father, John Dickens, was a naval clerk who dreamed of striking it rich. Charles Dickens’ mother, Elizabeth Barrow, aspired to be a teacher and school director. Despite his parents’ bes...