It was also noted as an ALA Notable Children's Book as well as Number One on the Top Ten of ALA's Best Books for Young Adults. The American edition won Best of the Year in the School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Parenting Magazine and the Cooperative Children's Book Center. The book was retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for it's American release, and proceeded to top the Best Seller's lists for children's and adult books. At the Bologna Book Fair, Arthur Levine from Scholastic Books, bought the American rights to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for the unprecedented amount of $105,000.00. Rowling continued on to win the Smarties Book Prize three years in a row, the only author ever to do so.

She also received 8,000 pounds from the Scottish Arts Council, which contributed to the finishing touches on The Chamber of Secrets. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone won the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award, and received a Commended citation in the Carnegie Medal awards. Rowling was working as a French teacher when her book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published in June of 1997 and was an overnight sensation. She returned to Britain and settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister, and attempted to at least finish her book, before looking for another teaching job. It was after her stint teaching in Portugal that Rowling began to write the premise for Harry Potter. But the marriage dissolved soon after the birth of their daughter. There she met and married her husband, a Portuguese TV journalist. In 1992, Rowling quit office work to move to Portugal and teach English as a Second Language. After college, Rowling moved to London to work for Amnesty International, where she researched human rights abuses in Francophone Africa, and worked as a bilingual secretary.

This extensive education created a perfect foundation to spark the Harry Potter series that Rowling is renowned for. She later took some teaching classes at Moray House Teacher Training College and a teacher-training course in Manchester, England. She received a degree in French from Exeter University. Rowling attended Tutshill Primary and then went on to Wyedean Comprehensive where she was made Head Girl in her final year. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling was born in Gloucestershire, U.

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