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J.K. Rowling

Name in Native Language: "Joanne Kathleen Rowling" (English/EN)
Film Producer / Writer / Novelist / Screenwriter / Author / Executive Producer | * 07/31/1965 (58) | Yate, Gloucestershire (United Kingdom (UK))
Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy 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 (2012) 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 while on a delayed train from Manchester to London. 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 Philosopher's Stone, was published in 1997. Six sequels followed, and by 2008,... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Adventure | Fantasy | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for J.K. Rowling

Knight of The Legion of Honour Officer of The Order of The British Empire Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award Princess of AsturIAS Award for Concord 3x Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Hugo Award for Best Novel Andre Norton Award James Joyce Award Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Publieksprijs Voor Het Nederlandse Boek Hotze De Roos Prize Children's Bookshop Prize Prijs Van De Jonge Jury Prijs Van De Nederlandse Kinderjury Honorary Doctor of The University of Aberdeen Companion of Honour Order of the Smile Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature Honorary Doctor of Harvard University Geffen Award Anthony Awards Honorary Doctor of The University of St Andrews Honorary Doctor of The Edinburgh Napier University Honorary Doctor of The University of Edinburgh Honorary Doctor of The University of Exeter Children's Book Award 3x Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 3x Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Locus Award for Best First Novel 3x Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2x Hugo Award for Best Novel 3x Carnegie Medal (literary award) 4x Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2x European Film Academy Lux Award
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Movies with J.K. Rowling as Actress(10)

TV Shows/Series with J.K. Rowling as Actress(4)

as herself2001 Richard & Judy

Movies with J.K. Rowling as Crew(24)

TV Shows/Series with J.K. Rowling as Crew(6)

Writing/Novel2017 Strike
Production/Executive Producer2017 Strike
Writing/Writer2017 Strike
Writing/Novel2015 The Casual Vacancy
Production/Executive Producer2015 The Casual Vacancy
Creator/Creator2015 The Casual Vacancy

Books by & about J.K. Rowling

Additional Information

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 07/31 1965 (July) in Yate, Gloucestershire (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 58 years + 232 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN), British English
Educated at: Wyedean School, University of Exeter
Member of: Royal Society of Literature
Represented by: The Blair Partnership
Spouses (current/former): Jorge Arantes, Neil Murray
Children: Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes
Father: Peter James Rowling
Mother: Anne Rowling
Influenced by/Role models: George Eliot, Edith Nesbit, Emily Brontë, Lloyd Alexander, G. K. Chesterton, Elizabeth Goudge, Stephen King, T. H. White, J. D. Salinger, Jessica Mitford, Sylvia Plath, C. S. Lewis
Other names for J.K. Rowling (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Robert Galbraith" (Pseudonym)
"Joanne K. Rowling"
"JK Rowling"
"J K Rowling"
"조앤 K. 롤링"
"Joanne Rowling"
"J. K. Rowling" (Pseudonym)
J.K. Rowling frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
David Heyman (15x, Crew)
Tim Lewis (14x, Crew)
Rupert Grint (11x, Actor)
Tom Felton (11x, Actor)
Steve Kloves (11x, Crew)
Stuart Craig (11x, Crew)
Tolga Kenan (11x, Cast)
David Holmes (11x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1872, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 02/24/2024