Sunday, Aug 16, 2020, 5:02 pm

By:Tony Williams

#14 J.K. Rowling

Years before her name would became one recognized around the world, this author was a divorced woman with a child she struggled to support. In fact she spent a brief period of her life on welfare before deciding to pursue a novel she'd been tinkering around with called "Harry Potter." You probably know the rest of the story.