Career

Rowling has had an extensive career with only a single series of books. Such a feat is an accomplishment in and of itself for a writer. Rowling is valued at somewhere around one billion dollars (community.livejournal.com). Even with such an incredible net worth, Rowling is documented as being quite the philanthropist, giving generously to Volant Charitable trust, which helps women and children (thebiographychannel.co.uk).

Among the awards that Rowling has been granted are the UK Excellence award for "promoting British excellence" (nrtco.net). She has aslo been elcted to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The Royal Society premiers advanced minds in such fields as science and the humanities (nrtco.net). In addition to these honors, Rowling has received the Order of the British Empire. Another notworthy achievement for Rowling was she was granted with an honorary degree from Edinburgh's Napier University.

Again it is important to emphasize that all these awards have stemmed from a single, albeit long, series of books. I would be hardpressed to find another author with similar recognition from one series of books. I suppose part of the reason her fame is so far-stretched is due to the movie base which has to date brought in over 3.5 billion dollars. It's also arguably the longest single series of movies with the final two installments due any time now. There will be a total of eight movies produced when the series ends.

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