Writers’ Residences: Literature Lives Here
| June 9, 2017
9. J.K. Rowling – Edinburgh, Scotland
The stories of Harry Potter and the school of wizardry allowed Rowling to pull herself out of a life of suffering and earned her multi-millions in just five years. Because of her difficult past as a single mother, she’s now an anti-poverty advocate, and helps charities for children and multiple sclerosis (from which her mother passed away).
She had the idea to write the book series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London. After a stint in Portugal, she arrived in Edinburgh with the first three chapters of Harry Potter. The inspiration for Diagon Alley came from the cobbled and quirky Victoria Street, while the renaissance style of George Heriot’s School lent itself to her imagining of Hogwarts.
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