EPISODE · Jul 31, 2026 · 8 MIN
J.K. Rowling: From Rejection to Harry Potter
from Same Day, Different Century · host Zach Ipsen
On July 31, 1965, J.K. Rowling was born in Gloucestershire, England. Decades later, as a single mother living on public assistance in Edinburgh, she finished the manuscript for a book about a boy who doesn't know he's a wizard. Twelve publishers turned it down before Bloomsbury took a chance in 1996. Send me a text!Support the show
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