You know you've made it as an author when lines from your books become graffiti on toilet walls.... This is the toilet at the Elephant House cafe in Edinburgh, said to be the location where Rowling started writing the Harry Potter books. Photo: AFP
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone introduced a boy wizard bearing a lightning-shaped scar and a magical cast of supporting characters.
Penniless single mother J.K. Rowling finally succeeded after a series of rebuffs from publishers, and the book became the first instalment of a seven-novel series that has sold 450 million copies worldwide and spawned eight blockbuster films.
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