Could a disorganised secretary ever picture herself becoming a billionaire one day? Probably not, but that's exactly what happened to J. Rowling, author of the world famous Harry Potter books. As a child, she wanted to become a ballerina but she wasn't graceful enough. leaving school, she studied French at the University of Exeter. Then, she got a job as a secretary. There was just one problem, though. She just wasn't organised enough! And in any case, her imagination was far too wild for dull paperwork! Eventually it was her imagination that worked miracles for her. On a train journey from Manchester to London, she thought up a story about a young boy school wizardry. The main character, Harry Potter, even had the same thick glasses that she wore at school! J.K. Rowling became rich and famous overnight with fans all over the world. As she writes in one of her books, "it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.