J.K. Rowling

Information About J.k.

• - Name: Joanne Rowling
• - Born: July 31, 1965
• - Where: yate, England, UK
• - "k" in j.k. Rowling stands for "kathleen" her paternal grandmother's name

"I lived for books."

J.k. wrote her first book at the age of six called 'Rabbit'. At age eleven, she wrote her first novel. It was about seven cursed diamonds and the people who owned them.

Education and Career

• J.k. attended Exeter university in England.
• She then pursued a teaching career and taught english in different countries

significant timeline

• 1990 j.k. concieved the idea of harry potter
• 1990 Moved to POrtugal to teach english
• 1992 married jorge arantes
• 1993 had her daughter, jessica
• 1993 moved back to the uk and got divorced. During this time she had the first three chapters of 'Harry potter and the philosopher's stone' in her suitcase

significant timelime

• 1997 the first book of the harry potter series was published by bloomsbury children's books
• 1998 the first harry potter book was published in the us by scholastic under a different title 'harry potter and the sorcerer's stone'
• 2001 the film adaptation of the first book was released by warner bros.

significant timeline

• 2001 two Companion books to the harry potter series were published
• 2008 a third companion book was published
• 2012 J.k.'s digital company 'pottermore' was launched
• 2012 Rowling published her first adult novel, 'the casual vacancy'
• 2013 j.k. started a crime novel series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith

significant timeline

• 2016 j.k. worked with screenwriters to produce 'harry potter and the cursed child'
• 2016 the companion books for the harry potter series were made into movies

significant timeline

• 2020 j.k. launched 'harry potter at home. initiative to entertain children stuck at home during the covid-19 pandemic
• 2020 'The ickabog' was made public for children and published as a book for children

Honors and awards

- Companion of Honour, for services to literature and philanthropy, 2017
- PEN America Literary Service Award, 2016
- Freedom of the City of London, 2012
- Hans Christian Andersen Award, Denmark, 2010
- Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur: France, 2009
- Lifetime Achievement Award, British Book Awards, 2008
- South Bank Show Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2008
- James Joyce Award, University College Dublin, 2008

- The Edinburgh Award, 2008
- Commencement Day Speaker, Harvard University, USA, 2008
- Blue Peter Gold Badge, 2007
- WH Smith Fiction Award, 2004
- Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, Spain, 2003
- Order of the British Empire (OBE), 2001
- Children’s Book of the Year, British Book Awards, 1998 and 1999
- Booksellers Association Author of the Year, 1998 and 1999

Charaties

• lumos - Lumos sheds light on the root causes of family separation, poverty, conflict and discrimination and demonstrates that children can safely be united with loving families that help them thrive.

Charaties

• Anne Rowling Regenerative neurology CLinic - The Clinic delivers clinical care and research to improve the lives of people with degenerative conditions affecting the brain, as well as hosting specialist NHS clinics for these conditions.

charaties

• Volant Trust - set up in 2000 to administer grants to charities, primarily in Scotland, which help alleviate social deprivation particularly affecting women and children.

The harry Potter Series

The idea came to rowling during a delayed train ride and she wrote the books living in england, portugal, and scotland. The books have sold over 500 million copies and been translated into over 80 different languages with 8 blockbuster films.

There are 3 companion books that she created along side the series for charity: 'quidditch through the ages, fantastic beasts and where to find them, and the tales of beedle and the bard.

Rowling continued harry's story as an adult in a stage play. harry potter and the cursed child plays in theatres in europe, north america, and australia.

harry potter and the sorcerer's stone was the start of a seven-book series chronicling the life of the young wizard harry potter and his motley band of cohorts at the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry

RObert Galbraith

j.k. used this pseudonym because she wanted the books to be judged on their own merit not under "the author of the harry potter series"

There are 5 novels wriiten under this pseudonym: the cuckoo's calling (2013), the silkworm (2014), career of evil (2015), lethal white (2018), and troubled blood.

All information is from

• J.K. Rowling, 22 Jan. 2021, www.jkrowling.com/about/.
• “J.K. Rowling.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 29 Mar. 2021, www.biography.com/writer/jk-rowling.