J. K. ROWLING
ties, but reading and writing, which are solitarv pursuits, remained first on her list of passions When it came to books, she was already read ing well beyond her grade level. At age ninc, Joanne discovered lan Fleming's James Bond now els, and they became a regular part of her reading pastinie. Not too long after that she discovered the works of Jane Austen and was never the same again. Austen's delicate passages and detailed sto ries became a model for Joanne Rowling. "Jane Austen is my favorite author, ever." There was only one drawback to living in the town of Tutshill. Joanne had to go to Tutshill Pri mary School. And Joanne hated her new school"It was a very small, very old-fashioned place," she painfully remembered for the Okubooks Web site. "The rolltop desks still had inkwells." But that was not the only problem Joanne had with the school. There was her new teacher, Mrs Morgan, to deal with. And Mrs. Morgan scared the life out of Joanne. Mrs. Morgan was a strict, no nonsense type of teacher who taught her class a cording to the book. Unfortunately for Joanne,