JK Rowling still getting over Harry Potter
"It has been the worst break-up of my life - far worse than splitting up with any man," The Telegraph quoted her, as saying. Rowling received the award from Lord Richard Attenborough, the acclaimed director and actor, who joked that he would have loved a role in the movie adaptations of her best-selling series.
"I
must
be
the
only
English
actor
of
my
generation
who
has
got
absolutely
bugger
all
out
of
this
extraordinary
series
that
has
been
read
by
millions
and
made
into
movies,"
he
said.
"Surely
there
must
have
been
something
I
could
have
played?
Even
just
a
few
lines
here
and
there?
Don't
think
I
didn't
try!"
The Harry Potter series saw Rowling's fortunes take a turn for the better overnight since the first one was published in 1997. The 2007 Sunday Times Rich List estimated her fortune at 545 million pounds, ranking her as the 136th richest person and the 13th richest woman in Britain. Forbes has named her the second-richest female entertainer in the world the 48th most powerful celebrity of 2007.
Time magazine named Rowling as a runner up for their 2007 Person of the Year noting the social, moral, and political themes in her books and her inspired fandom.