She couldn’t afford a computer or even the cost of photocopying the 90,000-word novel, so she manually typed out each version to send to publishers. It was rejected dozens of times ..
Until finally Bloomsbury, a small London publisher, gave it a second chance after the CEO’s eight year-old daughter fell in love with it.
1994
Had just gotten a divorce
Was on government aid
Could barely afford to feed her baby
1997
The first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, was published