Claim: Harry Potter was written by an Englishman.
Evidence: Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.
Joanne Rowling , -LRB- -LSB- ˈrəʊlɪŋ -RSB- born 31 July 1965 -RRB- , pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith , is a British novelist , screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.
Born in Yate , Gloucestershire , England , Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990.