J.K. Rowling.

Joanne made rash decisions following the death of her mother. One of those decisions were to move to Northern Portugal in 1991. She resided in the city of Porto where she taught English as a foreign language, in her spare time she then wrote the first three chapters of her first Harry Potter book. (“J.K. Rowling). Here she met a man at a bar named Jorge Arantes. The two began a toxic yet passionate relationship, marrying in the same year that they happened to meet, 1992. The wedding took place on October 16th, 1992. Rowling’s co-workers were not fond of Arantes, believing him to be quite possessive and aggressive (Hall). On July 27th 1993, Rowling had a daughter with Arantes, and her name was Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes. Rowling actually named her daughter after Jessica Mitford, who was a famous author. Rowling actually gifted her great-aunt Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels, which confirms that this was an author that Rowling admired. Unfortunately, following the birth of their daughter, the two ended up seperating later that year on November 17th, 1993 ("Timeline"). Rowling continued to live in Portugal until December, 1993 before moving to Edinburgh, Scotland.

Work Cited

Hall, Dana.“JK Rowling Turned Down By 12 Publishers Before Finding Success  

With Harry Potter Books.” Rise Up Eight, 4 Feb. 2020, riseupeight.org/jk-rowling-harry-potter-books/#:%7E:text=In%20December%201990%2C%20her%20mother,her%20mother%20about%20the%20project

“J.K. Rowling.” JKRowling.com, 2016. www.jkrowling.com/about

“Timeline.” The Rowling Library, www.therowlinglibrary.com/j-k-rowling/timeline