However, it would not be until 1997 that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was published in the UK after a lengthy process of submitting the book to a dozen publishing houses. Rowling had started the first book in the Harry Potter series in 1990, but it was not until 1995 that the book was actually finished. It was after the move to Edinburgh that JK Rowling was able to finish the first instalment of her Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Although seen as a flag-bearer for many things Scottish, Rowling did not move to Scotland until 1993, when she moved to Edinburgh to be closer to her sister, after spending time living in England and in Portugal. It wasn’t until she started writing that she added the K to her name, which stands for Kathleen, a ‘made-up’ middle name, as she was not given one at birth. JK Rowling was born Joanne Rowling in the town of Yate, Gloucestershire in 1965.
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