

J. K. Rowling
- film producer
- writer
- novelist
- children's writer
- screenwriter
- author
- anti-transgender activist
- teacher
- Born 1965-07-31 (age 61)
- Nationality United Kingdom
- Years active 1997–present
Biography
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Filmography
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| 2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Special | 57 |
Career timeline
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1965 age 0
Born2001 age 36
2002 age 37
2004 age 39
2010 age 45
2011 age 46
2016 age 51
2017 age 52
2018 age 53
2022 age 57
Worked with most
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Nothing recorded for: Spouse, Partner, Parents, Children, Siblings, Studied under, Taught.
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Photo:Daniel OgrenCC BY 2.0
Quotes
When the American deal came through, that meant security. It means that I can buy a flat. It means not worrying. The constant mind-blowing worry of wondering if you are going to be able to last the week without buying another pack of nappies. That is how it was and it is a horrible, horrible way to live.
J. K. Rowling, CC BY-SA 4.0
The wizards represent all that the true "muggle" most fears: They are plainly outcasts and comfortable with being so. Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit!
J. K. Rowling, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hermione was very easy to create because she is based almost entirely on myself at the age of 11. She is really a caricature of me. I wasn't as clever as she is, nor do I think I was quite such a know-it-all, though former classmates might disagree. Like Hermione, I was obsessed with achieving academically, but this masked a huge insecurity.
J. K. Rowling, CC BY-SA 4.0
I absolutely did not start writing these books to encourage any child into witchcraft. [...] I'm laughing slightly because to me, the idea is absurd.
J. K. Rowling, CC BY-SA 4.0
I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, "Ms. Rowling, I'm so glad I've read these books because now I want to be a witch." They see it for what it is [...] It is a fantasy world and they understand that completely.<br />I don't believe in magic, either.
J. K. Rowling, CC BY-SA 4.0
[On her first marriage] I married on October 16, 1992. I left on November 17, 1993. So that was the duration of what I considered to be the marriage. ... [O]bviously you do not leave a marriage after that very short period of time unless there are serious problems. I'm not the kind of person who bales out without there being serious problems. My relationship before that lasted seven years. I'm a long-term girl. And I had a baby with this man. But it didn't work. And it was clear to me that it was time to go and so I went. I never regretted it.
J. K. Rowling, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, British English
- Years active
- 1997–
- Genres
- tragicomedy, fantasy, crime literature
- Notable works
- 해리 포터, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Education
- University of Exeter, Wyedean School



