My hero is J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. When I read my first one, I was impressed with the creativity and the imagination she put into it. But when I learned that the author was a woman and that she believed in her books despite many rejections from publishers in earlier years, I became inspired that I can do the same.
I have often dreamed of becoming an author and I love to read and write in my spare time. J.K. Rowling not only gives me hope that I can be an author, but she has amazed others by turning non-readers into readers. There have been articles in which parents report that their children never liked to read but now they can't wait for the next Harry Potter book to come out.