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J.K.Rowling at Harvard Commencement. Read the transcript of her speech: bit.ly/1zeUPfA

J.K. Rowling's rags-to-riches story is unbelievable. As a divorced, single mother, she sold her first Harry Potter novel for $3,000 after being rejected from twelve publishers. Today, she's the first billionaire author, living in Edinburgh with her husband and three children.