We often look at a book and fall in love with it, never once remembering that there is a person on this planet who may have spent years working to perfect every individual word that falls into the sentences that make up the paragraphs that fill pages that sew together chapters that pile up so high they create books and we don't even know their name. This weekly post will make sure than anyone who reads them will be able to recall the names and faces and even success stories of each author who puts out the books that take refuge on our shelves. So to start off the very first one I have decided to go ahead and get the big names out there.
J.K. Rowling
If you don't know her name then you either have been living under a rock for the past ten years or you just don't read. J.K Rowling, one of the richest writers on the planet wrote the best selling series Harry Potter. Books were sold, movies were made, theme parks were created, fan-bases multiplied, Harry-Potter-themed websites wen boom, and by that time if you said anything about the books everyone would know at least a little something about it.
But how much do we know about the author? Hopefully you know her name. But did you know she had a daughter? That she went so deep in poverty once her family was living off of food stamps? Did you know that the book series we know today as a children's modern classic was reject by publishing agencies so very many times it seems insane now?
J.K Rowling is an amazing writer who really just need a lucky break. She had a daughter and couldn't find work. Finding her family poor they had to live off of food stamps until Rowling became a french teacher juggling classes, a daughter, and writing a book. Getting back on their feet she began to submit her work only to be rejected multiple times. One lucky break was all she needed and she got it. Her success story is one of perseverance and determination that now grants her a lifetime of knowing that her passion is being shared daily with others and most likely will be for years and years to come.
John Green
John Green is the author of many books such as Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and, most likely well known, The Fault in our Stars. His name isn't quite a J.K Rowling name that you hear and just know, but it should be and for a lot of people is.
Green's popularity took off when he became a vlogger (video blogger). Back and forth between his brother, Hank, and him they became one of the most watched channels in the history of Youtube. They created the nerdfighters which is the title of their constantly growing and already seemingly infinite fan-base who rally together to quote un-quote,"decrease the suck in the world and protect the intellectual abilities of humans" or something like that. By suck they mean world problems like raising money for poverty and planting trees. When John Green put out books that were amazingly well written and unique to the YA genre the public raced to them. His blog followers and Vlog followers skyrocketed.
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