J.K.Rowling

Joanne Rowling (better known by her pen name, J.K Rowling) is a British writer who was known to be the writer of the Harry Potter series.

## Biography

Rowling was born on July 31, 1965 in Yate, United Kingdom, the daughter of Peter James Rowling and Anne Rowling. Her sister Dianne, Di, was born in the family home on June 18. from 1967, when Rowling was 23 months old, the family moved to the nearby town of Winterbourne when Rowling was 4 years old. He attended St Michael's Primary School, an establishment founded by famed abolitionist William Wilberforce, and activist Hannah More in 1813. His first headmaster at St. Michael's, Alfred Dunn, is believed to have been the inspiration from the Harry Potter character Albus Dumbledore.

As a child, Rowling enjoyed writing fantasy stories, which she often related to her sister.

He attended secondary studies at the Wyedean School. Sean Harris, his best friend in the Upper Sixth, owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which served as the inspiration for a car featured in one of his books.

## Books

### Children

•The Ickabog (serialized online May 26-July 10, 2020 and in book form November 10, 2020), short story

•Jack and the Big Christmas Pig Adventure (October 12, 2021), novel

### Youth

#### Harry potter series

•Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (June 26, 1997)

•Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (July 2, 1998)

•Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (July 8, 1999)

•Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (July 8, 2000)

•Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (June 21, 2003)

•Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 16, 2005)

•Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (July 21, 2007)

#### Works related to the series

•Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Supplement to the Harry Potter Series) (March 1, 2001)

•Quidditch Through the Ages (Supplement to the Harry Potter Series) (March 1, 2001)

•Harry Potter Prequel (July 2008)

•The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Supplement to the Harry Potter Series) (December 4, 2008)

•Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (July 31, 2016)

•Short stories from Hogwarts. Guts, adversity and risky hobbies (Pottermore, September 6, 2016)

•Short stories from Hogwarts. Power, Politics, and Heavy Poltergeists (Pottermore, September 6, 2016)

•Hogwarts. An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (Pottermore, September 6, 2016)

•Fantastic beasts and where to find them. Original film script (November 19, 2016)

•Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Original film script (November 16, 2018)

### Adults

•A Casual Vacancy (September 27, 2012)

•Cormoran Strike Series (as Robert Galbraith)

•Cuckoo's Song (April 18, 2013)

•The Silkworm (July 19, 2014)

•The Trade of Evil (October 20, 2015)

•Deadly White (September 18, 2018)

•Murky Blood (September 15, 2020)

### Non-fiction

•Foreword to the Magic Anthology, by Gil McNeil and Sarah Brown (editors). Bloomsbury (2002).

•Introduction to "Ending Child Poverty" in Moving Britain Forward. Selected Speeches 1997–2006, by Gordon Brown. Bloomsbury (2006).

•«The First It Girl: J.K. Rowling reviews Decca: the Letters of Jessica Mitford”, in relation to the book with the letters of Mitford edited by Peter Y. Sussman. The Daily Telegraph (July 26, 2006).

•«The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination». J.K. Rowling. Harvard Magazine (June 5, 2008).

•"Gordon Brown – The 2009 Time 100". Time (April 30, 2009)

•"The Single Mother's Manifesto". The Times (April 14, 2010)

## Family

•Neil Murray (Husband)

•Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes (Daughter)

•Jorge Arantes (Ex-husband)

•Dianne Rowling (Sister)

•Peter Rowling (Father)

•Anne Volant Rowling (Mother)