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Joanne Rowling CH OBE FRSL (/ ˈ r oʊ l ɪ ŋ / ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007.
- Cormoran Strike
Cormoran Strike is a series of crime fiction novels written...
- Political Views of J. K. Rowling
British politics. J. K. Rowling has been a long-time friend...
- Jessica Mitford
Jessica Lucy "Decca" Treuhaft (née Freeman-Mitford, later...
- Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by...
- Church Cottage, Tutshill
Joanne Rowling, together with her parents and sister, moved...
- Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel...
- Cormoran Strike
- Early and Personal Life
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Rowling was born 31 July 1965 at Chipping Sodbury Cottage Hospital in Chipping Sodbury, Yate, Gloucesterhire England. She grew up in Tutshill, Gloucestershire, and went to school at Wyedean Comprehensive. She earned a degree in French and Classics at the University of Exeter. She worked at Amnesty International in London. The original idea for Harr...
Rowling has won many awards for the Harry Potter series of books and has earned over $1 billion. The last book of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released on 21 July 2007. Due to the popularity of the books, Rowling has become very wealthy. The books have sold over 500 million copies. Rowling has written many books about the m...
J K Rowling's novels feature a teenage boy named Harry Potter who grows up in a normal world with his aunt, uncle and cousin Dudley. When he is eleven years old, he discovers that he is a wizard and attends a magical academy called Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, where Albus Dumbledore is headmaster. Harry discovers his past about a dar...
Harry Potter series
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(26 June 1997 (UK), 9 January 1998 (US)) 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2 July 1998 (UK), 6 February 1999 (US)) 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(8 July 1999 (UK), 9 August 1999 (US)) 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(7 July 2000) 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(21 June 2003) 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(16 July 2005) 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(21 July 2007)
Other books
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (supplement to the Harry Potterseries) (2001) 2. Quidditch Through the Ages (supplement to the Harry Potterseries) (2001) 3. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (supplement to the Harry Potterseries) (2007) 4. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Script of new Play) (2016) 5. The Casual Vacancy (An 'adult' book. Her first novel that wasn't in the Harry Potteruniverse) (2012) 6. The Cuckoo's Calling(A crime fiction novel written under the pseudonym Robert Galb...
Articles
1. "The First It Girl: J.K. Rowling reviews Decca: the Letters of Jessica Mitford ed by Peter Y Sussman", The Daily Telegraph26 July 2006 2. Introduction to "Ending Child Poverty" in Moving Britain Forward. Selected Speeches 1997–2006 by Gordon Brown, Bloomsbury (2006) 3. Foreword to the anthology Magic, edited by Gil McNeil and Sarah Brown, Bloomsbury (2002) 4. The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination, J.K. Rowling, Harvard Magazine, 5 June 2008 5. Foreword to "Harry...
3 days ago · J.K. Rowling is the British author who created the popular and critically acclaimed Harry Potter series (seven books published between 1997 and 2007), about a lonely orphan who discovers that he is actually a wizard and enrolls in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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- In addition to the Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling wrote such companion volumes as Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (2001) and cowrote a stor...
- J.K. Rowling started writing about Harry Potter after graduating from the University of Exeter. After a brief marriage and the birth of her daughte...
- J.K. Rowling was born Joanne Rowling. After her publisher recommended she use a gender-neutral pen name, she chose J.K., adding the middle name Kat...
Apr 3, 2014 · Learn about the life and works of J.K. Rowling, the British author of the Harry Potter series and other books. Find out about her early struggles, her success, her charity work and more.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the second novel in the Harry Potter series.
Learn about the life and work of J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series, as well as other books and adaptations. Find out how she conceived the idea of Harry Potter, wrote the books, and created the Wizarding World.
