An inside look at how J.K. Rowling, one of the most influential people alive, turned rejection into unprecedented success

On a delayed train journey from Manchester to King's Cross station in London, the characters Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger came "fully formed" to the mind of a young temp named Joanne Rowling.In the six tumultuous years following, she would imagine an entire magical world of witches and wizards, assume the pen name J.K. Rowling, and publish "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," the first novel in the now beloved "Harry Potter" series.Rowling has since become the UK's best-selling living author, and her books have brought in more than $25 billion andsold more copies than any other book series ' but not before Rowling had to overcome the hardships of rejection and being a single mother living on welfare.Here's an inside look at howRowling went from living on welfare to becomingone ofthe world's top-earning authors:SEE ALSO:10 real rejection letters successful people have receivedBorn in the southwest of England, Rowling grew up along the border of England and Wales with her mother, father, and sister.She's saidthat she had always known she would be a book author. "As soon as I knew what writers were, I wanted to be one. I've got the perfect temperament for a writer; perfectly happy alone in a room, making things up."She wrote her first book (about a rabbit named Rabbit) at age six, and when her mother praised her work, she says she "stood there and thought, 'Well, get it published then.'"Source: JKRowling.comRowling's teenage years weren't particularly happy, she told The New Yorker, claiming she came from a difficult family and saying her mother's 10-year battle with multiple sclerosis took a toll on her and the family."You couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it," she told The Guardian.Source: The New Yorker,The GuardianRowling said she"couldn't wait to get out" of her house.After studying French and classics atExeter University, she went to work for Amnesty International in London as a researcher, among other jobs.It was during this time on a train journey from Manchester to her job in London that she began writing her "Harry Potter" series.Source:The GuardianSee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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