La meilleure des vies

In 2008, j.k. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at harvard university. Now published for the first time in book form, very good lives presents j.k. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? and how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important questions with acuity and emotional force. J.k. Rowling is the author of the bestselling harry potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, have been translated into 73 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. As well as an order of the british empire for services to children's literature, j.k. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the prince of asturias award for concord, france's légion d'honneur, and the hans christian andersen award, and she has been a commencement speaker at harvard university. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.Biographie de l'auteurJ.K. Rowling is the author of the much-loved series of seven Harry Potter novels, originally published between 1997 and 2007. Along with the three companion books written for charity, the series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films.Originally written by J.K. Rowling in aid of Comic Relief as a Hogwarts textbook, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them became the inspiration behind a new and original five-film series for Warner Bros., the first of which was released in 2016. The second film in the series, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in November 2018.J.K. Rowling has collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London's West End in 2016 and on Broadway in 2018, and will have further worldwide openings in 2019.J.K. Rowling also writes the Cormoran Strike crime novels, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The fourth in this series was published in autumn 2018. The Strike books have been adapted for television for BBC and HBO television by Brontë Film & Television. J.K. Rowling is also the author of The Casual Vacancy, a standalone novel for adults, published in 2012.