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They came from middle-class backgrounds Pete was the son of a machine-tool setter who later opened a grocery shop. Anne was with the Wrens and Pete was with the Royal Navy. Her parents Anne ( née Volant) and Peter ("Pete") James Rowling had met the previous year on a train, sharing a trip from King's Cross station, London, to their naval postings at Arbroath, Scotland. Joanne Rowling was born on 31 July 1965 at Cottage Hospital in Yate, Gloucestershire. Rowling's parents met on a train from King's Cross station her portal to the magical world is "Platform 9 + 3⁄ 4" at King's Cross. Following her 2001 remarriage, she has sometimes used the name Joanne Murray when conducting personal business. She chose K (for Kathleen) as the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother, and because of the ease of pronunciation of two consecutive letters.
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Staff at Bloomsbury Publishing asked that she use two initials rather than her full name, anticipating that young boys – their target audience – would not want to read a book written by a woman. Rowling, before her remarriage her name was Joanne Rowling, or Jo.
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The series revived fantasy as a genre in the children's market, spawned a host of imitators, and inspired an active fandom. Its influences include: Bildungsroman (the coming-of-age genre), school stories, fairy tales, and Christian allegory. Death and the divide between good and evil are the central themes of the series. The novels follow a boy called Harry Potter as he attends Hogwarts, a school for wizards, and battles Lord Voldemort. Rowling concluded the Harry Potter series with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). By 2008, Forbes had named her the world's highest-paid author. She wrote while living on state assistance as a single parent, deeply affected by her mother's death. In the seven years before publication of the first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), Rowling moved to Portugal, married, had a daughter, relocated to Scotland when her marriage failed, divorced, and earned a teaching certificate. In 1990, the idea for the characters of Harry Potter came to her while she waited on a delayed train later that year, her mother died of multiple sclerosis.
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She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, as Robert Galbraith.īorn in Yate, Rowling graduated with a degree in French from the University of Exeter in 1987 and began working temp jobs as a bilingual secretary. The Casual Vacancy (2012) was her first novel for adults. The series has sold over 500 million copies, making it the best-selling book series in history, has been translated into at least 70 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. Joanne Rowling CH OBE FRSL ( / ˈ r oʊ l ɪ ŋ/ "rolling" born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K.