JK Rowling Says She Contemplated Suicide

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling said she contemplated suicide as she suffered from depression before her rise to success, according to an interview with a student journalist. The British writer said she had suicidal thoughts in her mid-20s, when she was a single mother and struggling to establish a literary career. "Mid-20s life circumstances were poor and I really plummeted," Rowling said, according to an interview posted online by student journalist Adeel Amini. Rowling said in the interview, parts of which were published in Edinburgh University's Student magazine, that she sought help from doctors and spent nine months receiving cognitive behavioral therapy, according to Amini. "We're talking suicidal thoughts here, we're not talking 'I'm a little bit miserable'," Rowling was quoted as saying. Amini provided The Associated Press with an audio file of his 29-minute conversation with Rowling. Christopher Little, Rowling's London-based agent, did not immediately respond to ... (link)