JK Rowling Biography | Wiki
JK Rowling is an author, film producer, TV producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist from Britain. Rowling is best known for writing the fantasy series Harry Potter.
JK Rowling Pen Name | Real Name
Her name is Joanne Rowling and her pen name is J. K. Rowling. Her editor requested that to be using two initials instead of her full name thinking that the target audience of young boys may not want to read a book written by a woman. She chooses K for Kathleen from her paternal grandmother. Sometimes she is known as Robert Galbraith.
JK Rowling Early Life | Life Story
She, her younger sister, Dianne, and her parents lived in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, till the family moved to Tutshill, near Chepstow, when Joanne was nine. JK Rowling found herself surrounded by books as her mother and father loved reading.
From an early age, Joanne wanted to be a writer. She published her first novel at the age of six – a tale about a rabbit called Rabbit. Then she wrote a novel about seven cursed diamonds and the people who owned them when she was eleven.
J.K. Rowling first had the concept for Harry Potter while sitting on a train traveling from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990. She started to plan the seven books of the series over the next five years. She mostly wrote in longhand and accumulated a pile of notes, most of which were on paper fragments.
She landed in Edinburgh in 1993 with three chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in her bag. By then she had only a baby daughter, Jessica, but she kept writing in every spare moment she was able to find. When Joanne had completed the manuscript, she sent the first three chapters to a variety of literary agents and publishers, one of whom responded back requesting to see the rest of it.
After finishing the first book and whilst training as a teacher, Harry Potter was accepted for publication by Bloomsbury. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone soon became a bestselling book on publication in 1997. As the book was translated into other languages, Harry Potter started spreading around the globe – and J.K. Rowling received thousands of letters from fans.
The Harry Potter books have since broken many records. In 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were the fastest-selling books ever, selling 2. 65 million in the first 24 hours in the UK. The Harry Potter series is now written in 80 different versions and has sold more than 500 million copies worldwide. J.K. Rowling has also published three companion volumes in support of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos); and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos).
In the year 2015, J.K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard opening speech was written under the heading ‘ Pretty Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and Importance of Imagination ‘ (aided by Lumos and Harvard University Financial Aid). In 2012, J.K. Rowling’s online company Pottermore was released, where followers could experience her new writing and plunge further into the world of magic. J.K. Rowling wrote a film script inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, with the film released in Autumn 2016.
In addition to J.K Rowling’s collaboration on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, an original new story by J.K.Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, she is also making her playwriting debut with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a further expansion of the wizarding world, which was released in November 2016.
J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honors, including an OBE for services to children’s literature, France’s Légion d’Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
JK Rowling Age | Birthday
JK Rowling was born as Joanne Rowling on 31st July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She celebrates her birthday on 31st July. She is 54 years old as of 2019.
JK Rowling Education
Joanne attended Wyedean Comprehensive School and then went on to study French and Classics at the University of Exeter where she graduated in 1986 earning a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in French and Classics. Her Classics studies could come in useful later as she thought up all the spells in Harry Potter, some of which are based on Latin!
JK Rowling Height
Rowling stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m).
JK Rowling Family
She was born to Anne Volant Rowling (mother) and Peter James Rowling (father) who was a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer while her mother Anne, was a science technician at the Chemistry Department at Wyedean Comprehensive School and College. She has a younger sister Dianne. She, her younger sister, and her parents lived in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, until Joanne was nine, when the family moved to Tutshill, near Chepstow. JK Rowling grew up in England and southeast Wales surrounded by books as her mum and dad loved reading.
Rowling’s mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when Rowling was a teenager. Her mother died in 1990 before the Harry Potter books were published.
JK Rowling Husband
Rowling had moved to Porto, Portugal where she taught English. There, she met Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes in a bar and discovered various common things between them. The duo married on 16th October 1992. They welcomed their first child as a daughter named Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes on 27 July 1993 in Portugal. They had various relationship problems between them and finally parted ways on 17 November 1993 when their first daughter Jessica was about three months old.
The following month, Rowling moved to Edinburgh, Scotland with her infant daughter. She went into depression because of marriage failure, being jobless and much more ongoing stress. She suffered from contemplated suicide as well.
However, she continued her writing job and the illness made her develop the characters known as Dementors. Her estranged husband came to Scotland from Portugal but Rowling was able to receive an Order of Restraint. Arantes moved back to Portugal.
On 26th December 2001, Rowling married Neil Michael Murray a Scottish doctor (anesthesiologist) (born 30 June 1971) in a private ceremony at her home, Killiechassie House in Scotland. They have two children together.
JK Rowling Children | Kids
J. K. Rowling has three children altogether, Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes born on 27th July 1993 from her first marriage to Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes. Her second child, David Gordon Rowling Murray was born on 24th March 2003. Her third child Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray was born on 23rd January 2005.
JK Rowling Daughter
JK Rowling is proud to be a single mom to daughter Jessica Arantes her first child and daughter. Jessica Arantes was born to J.K. Rowling and Jorge Arantes on 27 July 1993 in Portugal. Jessica is an Instagram model. She has posted numerous beautiful pictures of herself. She also shared pictures and videos with her close ones.
Moreover, Jessica Arantes has her own clothing line called ‘Jc.closefit.’ Additionally, she loves to travel and shared really beautiful moments on her Instagram.
JK Rowling Religion | Christian
Rowling has clearly stated that she is a Christian and has also stated that she believes in God but not in magic. However, some religious people have criticized her novel for promoting witchcraft. She loves visiting Church and was an adherent of the Church of England which she stated in 2007.
JK Rowling Net Worth
Rowling has an estimated net worth of $1 billion. She is one of the wealthiest private citizens in the United Kingdom and the first author in the world to achieve a net worth of $1 billion. She earned fame and fortune for writing the “Harry Potter” fantasy series which has sold 500 million copies since debuting in 1997.
JK Rowling House
She owns homes in Edinburgh, Perthshire, and Kensington. Rowling sold her 19th-century Victorian mansion in 2012 for over $3.6 million. Rowling with her husband, Neil Murray, had two interconnected, Hogwarts-like tree houses for their children constructed in the garden of their Edinburgh home for almost $330,000. The couple had to apply for planning permission in order to demolish a $1.3 million home next door to make room for the treehouse.
JK Rowling, The Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a 2016 British two-part play written by Jack Thorne based on an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne. Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London on 7 June 2016, and it premiered on 30 July 2016.
JK Rowling On Maya
In December 2019, Rowling faced criticism for supporting Maya Forstater, after a court ruled that Forstater’s anti-transgender views were not protected beliefs. Media outlets reported that Rowling had shared controversial opinions on transgender people, before this incident, with some describing her as a trans-exclusive feminist whose views are transphobic.
JK Rowling Harry Potter Books
- 1997: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
- 1998: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 1999: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 2000: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2003: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 2005: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 2007: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- 2016: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
JK Rowling Books List
- 1997: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
- 2007: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- 2012: The Casual Vacancy
- 2001: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- 2013: The Cuckoo’s Calling
- 2007: The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- 2014: The Silkworm
- 2000: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 1998: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 1999: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 2001: Quidditch Through the Ages
- 2003: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 2015: Career of Evil
- 2005: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 2016: Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide
- 2016: Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies
- 2008: Harry Potter prequel
- 2016: Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists
- 2016: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
- 2015: Livro – Coleção Harry Potter (7 Volumes).
- 2017: Harry Potter – A History of Magic
- 2015: Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
- 2017: Harry Potter: A Cinematic Gallery
- 2001: 142 Escaleras, Las
- 2001: El Libro de Las Mascaras
Last Harry Potter Book
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and last book in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. It was released on 21 July 2007
Harry Potter Book 8
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a two-part stage play written by Jack Thorne based on an
an original new story by Thorne, J. K. Rowling, and John Tiffany. Harry Potter is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must
struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both
father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.
JK Rowling Movies
- 2016: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- 2001: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone
- 2010: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
- 2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
- 2018: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
- 2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 2002: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2016: Severus Snape and the Marauders
- 2010: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
JK Rowling Contact
J.K. Rowling
C/O Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
50 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3DP
UK
For media inquiry, email J.K. Rowling’s PR team at info@jkrowlingpr.com.
JK Rowling Facts And Body Measurements
• Full Name: Joanne Rowling
• Date of Birth: 31st July 1965
• Age/ How old?: 54 years
• Place of Birth: Yate, Gloucestershire
• Birthday: 31st July
• Nationality: British
• Fathers Name: Peter James Rowling
• Mothers Name: Anne Volant Rowling
• Siblings: A sister
• Marital Status: Married
• Children/ Kids: Three
• Height/ How tall?: 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m).
• Weight: 54 kg (119 lbs)
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Who is JK Rowling?
JK Rowling is a British author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist.
How old is JK Rowling?
JK Rowling is an American national born on 31st July 1965, in Yate, Gloucestershire. She celebrates her birthday on 31st July. She is 54 years old as of 2019.
How tall is JK Rowling?
Rowling stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m).
Is JK Rowling married?
On 26th December 2001, Rowling married Neil Michael Murray (born 30 June 1971) a Scottish doctor (anesthesiologist) in a private ceremony at her home, Killiechassie House in Scotland. She was previously married to Jorge Arantes.
How much is JK Rowling worth?
Rowling has an estimated net worth of $1 billion. She is one of the wealthiest private citizens in the United Kingdom and the first author in the world to achieve a net worth of $1 billion.
Where does JK Rowling live?
She lives in Killiechassie, Scotland, we shall upload pictures of her house as soon as we have them.
Is JK Rowling dead or alive?
Rowling is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him/her being sick or having any health-related issues.
Where is JK Rowling now?
The British author is still an active participant in the creative industry.
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