Within a few weeks of publication {1996} the book sales started to take off and Rowling’s own fairytale ending was secured. Rowling received a grant from the Scottish arts council, which enabled her to write full time. Rowling always envisioned the book as part of a seven-volume series-one book for every year that Harry spends at Hogwarts. In 1998, Warner Bros secured the film right for the books, giving a 7figure sum. The films have magnified the success of the books, making harry Potter into one of the most recognizable media products. Under the close guidance of Rowling, the films have sought to stay close to the original plot; also at. Rowling’s request all the actors are British.
She received an OBE in March 2001. At the end of that same year, she married her second husband, Dr Neil Murray, in a private 20-minute ceremony in the library at their home in perthshire. On March 23, 2003, Rowling’s second child, David Gordon Rowling Murray, was born. She gave birth to a baby girl, Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray, on January 25,2005.
With earnings of £506 million, Rowling is said to earn more than the Queen of England and is now second only to Oprah Winfrey on Forbes magazine’s richest female list in entertainment
She has set up a charity to promote children’s rights particularly disabled children in care home in Eastern Europe, is the global ambassador for the National Council for One-parent families, and patron of Maggie’s Centers for cancer sufferers and the multiple scierosis Society of Scotland
Rowling currently lives with her husband in kiliechassie house, Aberfeldy perthshire, a six-bedroom, 19th- century home on the banks of the River Tay. They also own a £5.5million Georgian-style home with an underground pool and 24-hour security in Kensington and a 13 bedroom house in Edinburgh.
