In the 15 years since she published her first Harry Potter, JK Rowling has become both universally known and almost unrecognisable.
The scruffy redhead who used to write in the cafes of Edinburgh has slowly transformed into a glossy couture blonde, unknowable behind an impregnable sheen of wealth and control. Once a penniless single mother, she became the first person on earth to make US$1 billion (Dh3.67bn) by writing books, but her rare public appearances suggested a faint ice-maiden quality.
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