Conversations with J.K. Rowling
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: 0439314550
Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books
Release Date: 2001-09-11
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Editorial Reviews
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If you’re a Harry Potter fan who knows more about J.K. Rowling than you know about most of your own family, then you won’t find much new in this slim, large-type book. But younger kids (and Muggle grownups hoping for some insight into the world of Harry Potter) will learn quite a bit about this phenomenally successful series and its unassuming author.
Divided into roughly three sections, Conversations with J.K. Rowling begins with some fairly general questions about the author’s early childhood (”Did you have any pets?”), school days (”Did you watch much television as a child?”), and career (”Can you describe the process of creating the stories?”). The book then follows with an excerpt-assisted overview of the first four Harry Potter adventures (again, great for Muggles), and ends with a smattering of quotes from Rowling’s interviews with Larry King, Newsweek, Oprah Winfrey’s O magazine, and Entertainment Weekly.
Kids will get a kick out of many of the anecdotes (Rowling can’t remember her little sister’s birth, just eating the Play-Doh that she was given that day to distract her), while older readers should enjoy more sophisticated insights into her books (like how she decided to write full-time when she still had a daughter to support). Certainly a light (and quick) read, but fun for what it is. (Ages 9 to 12) –Paul Hughes
Book Description:
The name J.K. Rowling is one that is on the lips of millions of readers worldwide, but before 1997 few people knew the brilliant woman behind the phenomenally successful Harry Potter books. And now, four books into the series, few yet know the real story of Ms. Rowling’s childhood and career as a writer. This is the first and only true telling of Ms. Rowling’s history because it is in her own words, from her birth in Chipping Sodbury near Bristol, England, to the stories about her favorite and least favorite teachers in school growing up, and to the funny misunderstanding in her first fan letter. It is like a visit with a friend, a friend who has brought you to tears with laughter and told the most enchanting stories you’ve ever been told.
Customer Reviews
Great Book for Grades 2-5 by Christine Cook
I bought this book for my son to use in his book report about J. K. Rowling. It was exactly what he needed! He was able to write a two page report about her life that included interesting facts.
A decent interview book by Debra Hamel
Lindsey Fraser’s Conversations with J.K. Rowling, written for young adults, bills itself as “the only authorized biography of J.K. Rowling.” It is in fact not a biography per se. The book is divided into two sections. The first is the text of the author’s interview with Rowling, conducted prior to the appearance of the first Harry Potter film (though after the rights to the movie had been purchased by Warner Brothers). (Fraser’s book was published in 2000, the year that the fourth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was released.) In the interview Rowling discusses her childhood and early schooling, her career as, among other things, a teacher, and writing. She occasionally refers to the links between her own life and the world of Harry Potter, telling readers, for example, that Stanley and Ernie from the Knight Bus were named after her grandparents, and that the Weasley’s turquoise Ford Anglia was modeled after a high school friend’s car. These details may not be revelatory to Harry Potter enthusiasts, but I had not heard them previously.
The second part of the book includes Fraser’s brief essay on the world of Harry Potter and another on Goblet of Fire, a discussion which is augmented by snippets from interviews Rowling gave at the time of that book’s release.
Good for kids, and at 96 pages of largish print, a very quick read.
Reviewed by Debra Hamel, author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan’s Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece
Good for kids by NatuScape
This is a great little interview book about J.K. Rowling as a writer. It’s great for kids looking for career inspiration and interested in learning about the process of writing.
it was just like a big interview by
I thought this book was really cool. It was a bunch of questions the J.K. Rowling answered. I thought it was really interesting to learn more about her life before she became famous and how she is now. It was very short and I finished it in like an hour. It’s for all people even if they arn’t that into Harry Potter. The only problem is I think it is over priced.
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