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J. K. Rowling
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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME
Joanne Rowling

NICK NAMES
J. K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith, Jo, JKR

BIRTHDAY
July 31, 1965
BORN ON DAY
Saturday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Thursday


BIRTHPLACE
Yate, United Kingdom

AGE
59 Years 6 Months 13 Days

NATIONALITY
British
J. K. Rowling Nationality British

PROFESSION

ZODIAC
LEO

ALSO NOTED FOR
Film Producer, Screenwriter

FEATURES
Blue eyes and blonde hair

Physical Stats

WAIST
N/A

Hip
N/A

DRESS SIZE
N/A

HEIGHT
5'5''(feet & inches)
 
1.651 meters
 
165.1 cm

WEIGHT
54 kg
 
118.8 lbs

J. K. Rowling Family Members

Parents
MOTHER
Anne Volant Rowling
FATHER
Peter Rowling
SISTER(S) NAME
J. K. Rowling sister Dianne Rowling
Dianne Rowling

J. K. Rowling Marriage, Affairs and Children

SPOUSE
Jorge Arantes (1992-1995)
SPOUSE
J. K. Rowling husband Neil Murray
Neil Murray (2001-)
Child(ren) of J. K. Rowling and Neil Murray
J. K. Rowling child Mackenzie Murray
Mackenzie Murray
David Murray

Fame & Address

DEBUT
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)

FAMOUS FROM/AS
Harry Potter series
J. K. RowlingHarry Potter series

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Official Website
www.jkrowling.com

Education, Net Worth & More

RELIGION
Christian

FAVOURITE ACTOR
Robert F. Kennedy

FAVOURITE BOOK(S)
The Little White Horse (By Elizabeth Goudge)

FAVOURITE MOVIE
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

NET WORTH
$15 Million

More Information
Career of J. K. Rowling
She was a single mother when she wrote her first book of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The book was greatly admired and won many awards. After that, she became more successful with other sequels and now she had become a billionaire. She is the richest writer in the World. She is also working as a producer in Harry Potter films.

Some Lesser Known Facts About J. K. Rowling

  • Does J. K. Rowling takes alcohol? Yes. Her favorite drink is gin and tonic.
  • Is J. K. Rowling in the habit of Smoking? NA.
  • Her real name is Joanne Rowling, Her friends use to call her "Jo" and "k" is for Kathleen which she had taken in honor of her maternal grandmother.
  • She had faced many financial problems. She was staying at her sister's home with her daughter and was receiving welfare benefits, while she was writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She had completed its first draft on a manual typewriter.
  • She was just six years old when she had written her first story, also penned a novel "seven cursed diamonds and the people who owned them" at the age of eleven.
  • She is also active in charity and is a recipient of the British Red Cross Humanity Award. she donated £10 million to open the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic at the University of Edinburgh. Once she purchased an expensive pair of earrings but felt guilty for such an extravagance and decided to give the same amount of money to charity.
  • The idea of writing Harry Porter came into her mind when she was waiting for a delayed train and started writing on a napkin.
  • She had based the character of "Hermione Granger" on herself as she was an avid reader when she was a child.
    She had based the character of
  • She likes to play block-building game Minecraft and plays it often with her son.
  • She was an unemployed single mom and also suffered clinical depression. The idea of soul-sucking Dementors came from that experience.
  • The game that Harry Porter plays on a magical broom in his school is derived from her favorite game basketball.
  • The first print of Harry Potter series were 1,000 copies and now the books have collectively sold about 500 million copies around the world.
  • The famous author was not admitted to the University of Oxford. She had to compromise by studying at the University of Exeter, studying French.
  • She made a promise that she would never read Fifty Shades of Grey and she had kept her promise.
  • She does not like to be recognized that's why she disguise herself when she was shopping for her second marriage.
  • She is a part of makers of the Harry Potter films. First, she was a consultant and later on, she joined it as a producer.
  • She also worked as an English teacher in Portugal.
  • Once she was invited by Nelson Mandela to have a visit in South Africa but she was unable to go because of her pregnancy.
  • She is the first person to become a billionaire in the US by writing books.

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