JK Rowling The creator of Harry Potter taught English in Portugal while working on the plot for her first book. | |
Sting The singer worked as a schoolteacher at St Paul's Middle School in Cramlington, Northumberland, for two years after graduating from Northern Counties College of Education. | |
Stephen King The novelist gained a certificate to teach at high schools but, unable to find a job, earned money by selling short stories to men's magazines. | |
Gene Simmons The Kiss bassist became a primary school teacher in Harlem after his early attempts at rock-stardom went nowhere. He was fired for replacing Shakespeare with comics, which he thought his pupils were more likely to read. | |
Sheryl Crow The country singer once worked as a teacher at Kellison Elementary School in St Louis, Missouri. She composed jingles for commercials in her spare time. | |