Search Results for {phrase} ( {results_count} of {results_count_total} ) Displaying {results_count} results of {results_count_total}
More results.
J.K. Rowling Books In Order of Publication J.K. Rowling is the pen name of Joanne Rowling, who became famous for the Harry Potter Fantasy Novel Series. Joanne started her professional writing career in 1986, and since then, consistently she has written many Books and Series .
She was born at Yate, Gloucestershire (31 July 1965), and her father was an aircraft engineer at Rolls Royce Industry. Joanne’s mother was a technician who handled the chemistry workshops at Wyedean Comprehensive.
Since childhood, Joanne has been interested in fantasy stories and at the age of 4, she wrote a few and narrated the same to her younger sister. She took her primary education from St. Michael’s School and her secondary education from Wyedean School. Joanne was good at studying and secured an A- in English; even her headmaster said that she was a bright student.
Her teenage life was not so happy because of family issues as her mother had multiple sclerosis, and they didn’t have good terms. But she completed her BA degree (French) from Exeter University in 1986. Two years after graduation, she wrote a short essay What was the name of that Nymph Again and it was published in Pegasus, a journal of Exeter University.
Joanne Rowling, also known as J.K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter series, one of the most successful book series ever in the history of humankind. The reason for she writing as J.K. Rowling is because her publishing company feared that teenagers wouldn´t buy books written by a woman, so they suggested she used her two initial name letters. Joanne didn´t have a second name, so she borrowed the letter K from Kathleen, her dad´s mother name.
J.K. Rowling was born on July 31 of 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. Her progenitors are Peter James Rowling and Anne Rowling. Just before she turned 2 years old, her sister Dianne was born. When she was young, she attended St Michael´s primary school.
She has been a writer since she was a little girl. She wrote fiction stories and told them to her little sister. Her first writing was about a bunny who had measles and was visited by her other animal friends.
When she was nine, J.K. Rowling moved toTutshill, Glurcestershire. There, she attended theWyedean School. It turned out that on that time her grandmother gave her a copy of a biography of Jessica Mitford, a communist activist. Since then, J.K. Rowling had admired her and consequently read all of her books.
Her musical taste is punk rock. She said she loved “The Smiths” and “The Clash.”
© 2025
