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J.K. Rowling


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in Yate, South Gloucestershire, England, The United Kingdom
July 31, 1965

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See also: Robert Galbraith
Although she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she chose K as the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother Kathleen Ada Bulgen Rowling. She calls herself Jo and has said, "No one ever called me 'Joanne' when I was young, unless they were angry." Following her marriage, she has sometimes used the name Joanne Murray when conducting personal business. During the Leveson Inquiry she
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HBO announces writer and director for Harry Potter TV series

 

 

HBO, in association with Warner Bros. Television, has named Francesca Gardiner (HBO’s “Succession,” “Killing Eve”) as writer (showrunner) and executive producer and Mark Mylod (HBO’s “Succession,” “Game of Thrones” and “The Last of Us”) as executive producer and director of multiple episodes of the upcoming original Harry Potter series.

The series will be a faithful adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s H

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Harry Potter and the Philos...

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Harry Potter and the Prison...

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Quotes by J.K. Rowling  (?)
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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Polls

What is you OTP out of the students at Hogwarts? J.K. Rowling

Ron and Hermione
 
  231 votes, 25.1%

Harry and Hermione
 
  128 votes, 13.9%

Neville and Luna
 
  117 votes, 12.7%

Draco and Hermione
 
  116 votes, 12.6%

Draco and Harry
 
  53 votes, 5.7%

Harry and Ginny
 
  52 votes, 5.6%

Harry and Luna (write-in)
 
  26 votes, 2.8%

James and Lily (write-in)
 
  22 votes, 2.4%

filch and mrs. norris (write-in)
 
  19 votes, 2.1%

Hermione and Fred or Hermione and George (write-in)
 
  17 votes, 1.8%

Sirius and Remus (write-in)
 
  17 votes, 1.8%

Dean and Seamus
 
  16 votes, 1.7%

Tonks and Lupin (write-in)
 
  16 votes, 1.7%

Hermione and Severus (write-in)
 
  14 votes, 1.5%

Luna and Ginny (write-in)
 
  9 votes, 1.0%

Draco and Ginny
 
  8 votes, 0.9%

Draco and Luna (write-in)
 
  7 votes, 0.8%

drapple
 
  7 votes, 0.8%

Percy and Oliver (write-in)
 
  6 votes, 0.7%

Harry and Cho (write-in)
 
  5 votes, 0.5%

Hermione and Ginny
 
  4 votes, 0.4%

severus,voldemort, dumbledore,bellatrix (write-in)
 
  4 votes, 0.4%

Harry and Hermione and Luna (Lunar Harmony) (write-in)
 
  4 votes, 0.4%

Quirrelmort (write-in)
 
  4 votes, 0.4%

Hermione and Tom Jr
 
  3 votes, 0.3%

Hermione and Fleur (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 0.3%

Ron and his chicken (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 0.3%

Grawp and Professor Umbridge (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.2%

Harry and Tom Jr (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.2%

Hermione and Lucius (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.2%

Neville and Ginny
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Draco and Astoria (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Sirius and James (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Snap and Loopin (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

George and Fred (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Sirius and Tonks (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Ron and Vernon (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Harry and Dudley (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Harry and Petunia (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Bella and Edward (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Harry and Umbridge (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Ron and Snape (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Harry and Hedwig (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Dudley and Vernon (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Dudley and Grawp (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Ron and Ginny (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Fleur and Dudley (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Harry and Hagrid (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Harry and Fluffy (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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