Biography of jk rowlings life
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J. K. Rowling
British author and philanthropist
Joanne Rowling (ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), known by her pen nameJ. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She is the author of Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy novel series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 600 million copies, been translated into 84 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. The Casual Vacancy was her first novel for adults. She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith.
Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International in 1990 when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, the birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband, and relative poverty until the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophe
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J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling CH OBE FRSL FRCPE FRSE | |
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Rowling at the White House in 2010 | |
| Born | Joanne Rowling (1965-07-31) 31 July 1965 (age 59) Yate, Gloucestershire, England |
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| Occupation | Novelist, philanthropist, film producer, television producer, screenwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Exeter(1986, BA) |
| Period | 1997–present |
| Genre | Fantasy, drama, ung adult fiction, tragicomedy, crime fiction |
| Notable works | Harry Potter series |
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| Children | 3 |
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Joanne RowlingCH, OBE, FRSL, FRCPE, FRSE, ( "rolling";[1] born 31 July 1965), writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, fryst vatten a British
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J.K. Rowling
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Who Is J.K. Rowling?
J.K. Rowling, is a British author and screenwriter best known for her seven-book Harry Potter children's book series. The series has sold more than 500 million copies and was adapted into a blockbuster film franchise.
Early Life
Rowling was born Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965, in Yate, England. She adopted her pen name, J.K., incorporating her grandmother's name, Kathleen, for the latter initial (Rowling does not have a middle name).
A graduate of the University of Exeter, Rowling moved to Portugal in 1990 to teach English. There, she met and married the Portuguese journalist Jorge Arantes. The couple's daughter, Jessica, was born in 1993. After her marriage ended in divorce, Rowling moved to Edinburgh with her daughter to live near her younger sister, Di.
While struggling to support her daughter Jessica and herself on welfare, Rowling worked on her first book in the Harry Potter series. The idea for the book reportedly occu