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I've been writing since I was six. It is a compulsion, so I can't really say where the desire came from I've always had it. My breakthrough with the first book came through persistence, because a lot of publishers turned it down!
J. K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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