J.K. Rowling (born Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965) is the famous author of the Harry Potter series, which has sold hundreds of millions of copies around the world. She was estimated to be a billionare by Forbes magazine in 2004.
Rowling studied at the University of Exeter before moving to London to work for Amnesty International. It was during this time that she began her first novel. Rowling lived for a short time in Portugal, where she was briefly married and bore a daughter, Jessica Isabel, before divorcing and moving to Edinburgh, Scotland where she completed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1995.
Bloomsbury agreed to publish the book in Britain and the following Spring, Scholastic won U.S. publishing rights via auction for $100,000. Rowling said she "nearly died" when she found out.
Rowling has sine written six of the seven books of the Harry Potter series and is at work on Book 7. In June 2006, she was named "the greatest living British writer" by The Book Magazine.
Rowling has sine written six of the seven books of the Harry Potter series and is at work on Book 7. In June 2006, she was named "the greatest living British writer" by The Book Magazine.
Rowling has two homes in Scotland and one in London. She is married to Dr. Neil Murray, an anaesthetist, with whom she has had two more children, Gorden Rowling Murray and Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray.
Nationality:
English
Genre(s):
Young Adult Fantasy Novels
The Harry Potter Series:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
