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WhenamysteriouspackageisdeliveredtoRobinEllacott,sheishorrifiedtodiscoverthatitcontainsawoman'sseveredleg.Herboss,privatedetectiveCormoranStrike,islesssurprisedbutnolessalarmed.Therearefourpeoplefromhispastwhoh
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ThisisapseudonymforJ.K.Rowling,theauthoroftheHarryPotterseriesandTheCasualVacancy.RowlingwasborntoPeterJamesRowling,aRolls-Royceaircraftengineer,andAnneRowling(néeVolant),on31July1965inYate,Gloucestershire,England,10miles(16km)northeastofBristol.HermotherAnnewashalf-Frenchandhalf-Scottish.HerparentsfirstmetonatraindepartingfromKing'sCrossStationboundforArbroathin1964.Theymarriedon14March1965.Hermother'smaternalgrandfather,DugaldCampbell,wasborninLamlashontheIsleofArran.Hermother'spaternalgrandfather,LouisVolant,wasawardedtheCroixdeGuerreforexceptionalbraveryindefendingthevillageofCourcelles-le-ComteduringtheFirstWorldWar.Rowling'ssisterDiannewasbornattheirhomewhenRowlingwas23monthsold.ThefamilymovedtothenearbyvillageWinterbournewhenRowlingwasfour.SheattendedStMichael'sPrimarySchool,aschoolfoundedbyabolitionistWilliamWilberforceandeducationreformerHannahMore.HerheadmasteratStMichael's,AlfredDunn,hasbeensuggestedastheinspirationfortheHarryPotterheadmasterAlbusDumbledore.Asachild,Rowlingoftenwrotefantasystories,whichshewouldusuallythenreadtohersister.Sherecallsthat:"Icanstillremembermetellingherastoryinwhichshefelldownarabbitholeandwasfedstrawberriesbytherabbitfamilyinsideit.CertainlythefirststoryIeverwrotedown(whenIwasfiveorsix)wasaboutarabbitcalledRabbit.Hegotthemeaslesandwasvisitedbyhisfriends,includingagiantbeecalledMissBee."Attheageofnine,RowlingmovedtoChurchCottageintheGloucestershirevillageofTutshill,closetoChepstow,Wales.Whenshewasayoungteenager,hergreataunt,whoRowlingsaid"taughtclassicsandapprovedofathirstforknowledge,evenofaquestionablekind,"gaveheraveryoldcopyofJessicaMitford'sautobiography,HonsandRebels.MitfordbecameRowling'sheroine,andRowlingsubsequentlyreadallofherbooks.Rowlinghassaidofherteenageyears,inaninterviewwithTheNewYorker,"Iwasn’tparticularlyhappy.Ithinkit’sadreadfultimeoflife."Shehadadifficulthomelife;hermotherwasillandshehadadifficultrelationshipwithherfather(sheisnolongeronspeakingtermswithhim).SheattendedsecondaryschoolatWyedeanSchoolandCollege,wherehermotherhadworkedasatechnicianinthesciencedepartment.Rowlingsaidofheradolescence,"Hermione[abookish,know-it-allHarryPottercharacter]islooselybasedonme.She'sacaricatureofmewhenIwaseleven,whichI'mnotparticularlyproudof."SteveEddy,whotaughtRowlingEnglishwhenshefirstarrived,remembersheras"notexceptional"but"oneofagroupofgirlswhowerebright,andquitegoodatEnglish."SeanHarris,herbestfriendintheUpperSixthownedaturquoiseFordAnglia,whichshesaysinspiredtheoneinherbooks.
