J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling (alizaliwa mjini Yate, Gloucestershire, Uingereza, 1965) alikuwa akifanya kazi kama mtafiti kwenye asasi ya Amnesty International wakati alipopata wazo la kuandika riwaya ya Harry Potter, mnamo 1990.

Elimu 
Rowling alihudhuria Shule ya Msingi St Michael  halafu akahudhuria shule ya sekondari ya Wyedean, ambapo mama yake alikuwa akifanya kazi katika idara ya sayansi.   

Baada ya hapo, Rowling alijiunga na Chuo Kikuu cha Exeter, ambapo alisomea Kifaransa na Classics.

Tuzo  
Rowling amepokea shahada za heshima kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha St Andrews, Chuo Kikuu cha Edinburgh, Chuo Kikuu cha Edinburgh Napier, Chuo Kikuu cha Exeter (ambacho alihudhuria)  Chuo Kikuu cha Aberdeen ,   na Chuo Kikuu cha Harvard, ambako alizungumza katika sherehe mwaka 2008.  Mnamo 2009, Rowling alituzwa tuzo la Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur na Rais wa Ufaransa Nicolas Sarkozy.   

Tuzo nyingine alizoshinda ni:
 1997: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 1998: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 1998: British Children's Book of the Year, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 1999: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Gold Award, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 1999: National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 1999: Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 2000: British Book Awards, Author of the Year
 2000: Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Children's Literature
 2000: Locus Award, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 2001: Hugo Award for Best Novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 2003: Premio Príncipe de Asturias, Concord
 2003: Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 2006: British Book of the Year, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
 2007: Blue Peter Badge, Gold
 2008: British Book Awards, Outstanding Achievement
 2008: The Edinburgh Award
 2010: Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award
 2011: British Academy Film Awards
 2012: Freedom of the City of London

Orodha ya Maandiko yake

Harry Potter
 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (26 Juni 1997)
 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2 Julai 1998)
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (8 Julai 1999)
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (8 Julai 2000)
 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (21 Juni 2003)
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (16 Julai 2005)
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (21 Julai 2007)

Riwaya nyingine
 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (1 Machi 2001)
 Quidditch Through the Ages (1 Machi 2001)
 The Tales of Beedle the Bard  (4 Disemba 2008)
 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (31 Julai 2016)
 Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists (6 Septemba 2016)
 Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (6 Septemba 2016)
 Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (6 Septemba 2016)
 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (19 Novemba 2016)
 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – The Original Screenplay (16 Novemba 2018)
 The Casual Vacancy (27 Septemba 2012)

Maandiko mengine
 Rowling, J. K. (5 Juni 2008). "The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination". Harvard Magazine.
 J. K. Rowling, Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and Importance of Imagination, illustrated by Joel Holland, Sphere, 14 Aprili 2015.
 Rowling, J. K. (30 Aprili 2009). "Gordon Brown – The 2009 Time 100". Time magazine.
 Rowling, J. K. (14 Aprili 2010). "The Single Mother's Manifesto". The Times.
 Rowling, J. K. (30 Novemba 2012). "I feel duped and angry at David Cameron's reaction to Leveson". The Guardian.
 Rowling, J. K. (17 Disemba 2014). Isn't it time we left orphanages to fairytales? The Guardian.
 Rowling, J. K. (28 Aprili 2014). "Woman's Hour Takeover". Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4.

Marejeo

Watayarishaji Filamu wa Uingereza
Watu walio hai
Waliozaliwa 1965
Waandishi wa Uingereza