Rowling famously began writing her Harry Potter series in Edinburgh’s cafes, and the page 17 interview up for sale with Forum Auctions is drawn from a chat with the author which took place in Nicholson’s cafe on Nicolson St, off Prince’s Street, where the writer was a regular. I was writing all the time which saved my sanity.” Around 300 prints were sent to schools and childrens libraries. “For me, at least, it was only six months. The edition of JK Rowlings very first book is one of just 500 ever printed, making it one of the rarest copies in the world. It’s the hopelessness of it, the loss of self-esteem. It must be different for women who don’t have that belief and end up in the poverty trap. “I knew my prospects, long-term, were good. Much of the focus of the article is on the author’s rag to riches story, and she tells Telegraph journalist Elisabeth Dunn in the piece that she had “no intention, no desire, to remain on benefits”, adding: “I was a graduate, I had skills. Rowling is now worth around £820 million following the global success of the Harry Potter franchise, and the anonymous owner of the 24-year-old Telegraph piece could now also profit from her success, as the page in the newspaper costing less than £1 in 1997 could now sell for an estimated £150.
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