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'''Joanne <!--Her name does NOT contain "Kathleen"; please see the section entitled "Name"--> "Jo" Rowling''' ] ] (]) (born ] ]<ref name="lexicon-muggle-y"><span class="plainlinks">, '' - ''. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref>) is an ] fiction ] who writes under the ] '''J. K. Rowling'''.<ref><span class="plainlinks">, ''''. Accessed ] ].</span></ref> Rowling is the ] of the '']'' ] series, which has gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold over 325 million copies worldwide.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> In ], '']'' magazine estimated her fortune at ]576 million (just over ]1 billion and still is at the same spot in 2007{{fact}}), making her the first person to become a US-dollar billionaire by writing books.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> Watson, Julie and Kellner, Tomas. . , ] ]. Accessed ] ].</ref> In 2006, ''Forbes'' named her the second richest female entertainer in the world, behind talk show host ].<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . Accessed ] ].</span></ref> ''Forbes'' also ranked Rowling as #48 on the 100 most powerful celebrities list of 2007.<ref></ref>

==Name==
Rowling's ] is pronounced "'''rolling'''" ({{IPAEng|rəʊ.lɪŋ}}).<ref name=bio><span class="plainlinks"> . Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> Her full name is "Joanne Rowling", not, as is often assumed, "Joanne Kathleen Rowling". Before publishing her first volume, ] feared that the target audience of young boys might be reluctant to buy books written by a female author. They requested that Rowling use two initials, rather than reveal her first name. As she had no middle name, she chose K. for Kathleen as the second initial of her pseudonym, from her paternal grandmother, Kathleen Ada Bulgen Rowling.<ref><span class="plainlinks">. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> The name Kathleen has never been part of her legal name.<ref name="darkmark-bbc" /> She calls herself "Jo" and claims, "No one ever called me 'Joanne' when I was young, unless they were angry".<ref><span class="plainlinks"> Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. . ] ]. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref>

==Early life==
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Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling and Anne Volant on ] ] at ], <!--Her birth certificate places her birth in Yate, not Chipping Sodbury, although the two towns are continuous--> ], ], {{convert|10|mi|km|+1|lk=on}} northeast of ].<ref name="lexicon-muggle-y" /><ref name="rowling-bio"><span class="plainlinks"> . . Accessed ] ]. </span></ref><ref name="lexicon-muggle-r"><span class="plainlinks">, ''''. Accessed ] ].</span></ref> Her sister Dianne (Di) was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old.<ref name="rowling-bio" /> The family moved to the nearby village ] when Rowling was four where she attended ],<ref>Winterbourne Family History Online, - Rowling listed as admission No.305. Accessed ] ].</ref> later moving to ], near ], ] at the age of nine.<ref name="rowling-bio" /> As a child, Rowling enjoyed writing fantasy stories, which she often read to her sister. "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it," she recalls, "Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee."<ref name=bio />

When Rowling was a young teen, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a questionable kind," gave her a very old copy of ]'s autobiography, ''].''<ref>{{cite web|title=The first It Girl|author=JK Rowling|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/11/26/bomit05.xml|yeear=2006|accessdate=2007-07-10}}</ref> Mitford became Rowling's heroine and she subsequently read all of her books.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter - Harry and me|author= Lindsay Fraser|work=The Scotsman|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2002/1102-fraser-scotsman.html|year=2002|accesssdate=2007=07-10}}</ref>
She attended secondary school at ]. Rowling has said of her adolescence, "] is loosely based on me. She's a caricature of me when I was 11, which I'm not particularly proud of." <ref>Feldman, Roxanne. "The Truth about Harry," School Library Journal, September 1999 </ref> Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which she says inspired the one in her books. "Ron Weasley isn't a living portrait of Sean, but he really is very Sean-ish." <ref>Fraser, Lindsey. ''Conversations with J.K. Rowling,'' pg 19-20 Scholastic.</ref> Of her musical tastes of the time, she said "My favorite group in the world is ]. And when I was going through a punky phase, it was ]." <ref>Fraser, Lindsey. ''Conversations with J.K. Rowling,'' pg 29 Scholastic.</ref>

Rowling read for a BA in ] and ] at the ], which she says was a "bit of a shock" as she "was expecting to be amongst lots of similar people–thinking radical thoughts." Once she made friends with "some like-minded people" she says she began to enjoy herself. <ref>Fraser, Lindsey. ''Conversations with J.K. Rowling,'' pg 34 Scholastic.</ref>

With a year of study in ], Rowling moved to ] to work as a researcher and bilingual secretary for ]. During this period, while she was on a four-hour-delayed train trip between ] and ], she developed the idea for a story of a young boy attending a school of wizardry.<ref name="rowling-bio" /> When she had reached her ] flat, she began to write immediately.<ref name="rowling-bio" /><ref><span class="plainlinks"> . BBC Christmas Special, ] ]. Accessed ] ].</span></ref>

On ], ], Rowling’s mother succumbed to a 10-year battle with the condition ].<ref name="rowling-bio"/> Rowling commented, “I was writing ''Harry Potter'' at the moment my mother died. I had never told her about ''Harry Potter''.”<ref><span class="plainlinks"> ''The Daily Telegraph.'' Accessed ] ].</span></ref>

Rowling then moved to ], ] to teach English as a foreign language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=1246372002|title=Harry Potter - Harry and me|last=Fraser|first=Lindasy|publisher=]|date=2002-11-02|accessdate=2007-02-12}}</ref> While there, she married Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes on ] ].<ref name="marriage"><span class="plainlinks">. . Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> They had one child, Jessica, who was named after Jessica Mitford. They divorced in 1993. <ref><span class="plainlinks"> Weeks, Linton. . ''The Washington Post'', ] ]. Accessed ] ].</span></ref>

In December 1994, Rowling and her daughter moved to be near her sister in ], ].<ref name="rowling-bio" /> Unemployed and living on state benefits, she completed her first novel. She did her work in numerous cafés (e.g. ] and Elephant House Café), whenever she could get Jessica to fall asleep.<ref name="rowling-bio" /><ref name="hpandme"><span class="plainlinks"> . BBC Christmas Special, ] ]. Transcribed by "Marvelous Marvolo" and Jimmi Thøgersen. . Accessed ] ].</span></ref> There was a rumour that she wrote in local cafés to escape from her unheated flat, but in a 2001 BBC interview Rowling remarked, “I am not stupid enough to rent an unheated flat in Edinburgh in midwinter. It had heating.”<ref name="hpandme" />

==''Harry Potter''==
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===''Harry Potter'' books===
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In 1995, Rowling completed her manuscript for '']''<!-- DO NOT change to Sorceror--> on an old manual typewriter.<ref name="lexicon-timeline-books"><span class="plainlinks">, ''''. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> Upon the enthusiastic response of Bryony Evans, a reader who had been asked to review the book’s first three chapters, the Fulham-based ] agreed to represent Rowling in her quest for a publisher. The book was handed to twelve publishing houses, all of which rejected it.<ref name="Scotsman">McGinty, Stephen ] ]. Accessed ] ].</ref> A year later she was finally given the green light (and a £1500 advance) by editor Barry Cunningham from the small publisher ].<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . . Accessed ] ]. </span></ref><ref name="Scotsman" /> The decision to take Rowling on was apparently largely due to Alice Newton, the eight-year-old daughter of the company’s chairman, who was given the first chapter to review by her father, and immediately demanded the next.<ref name="Eight year old saves Potter">{{cite news|author=John Lawless|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10333960 |publisher=New Zealand Herald|year=2005|title= Revealed: The eight-year-old girl who saved Harry Potter|date=July 3, 2005}}</ref> Although Bloomsbury agreed to publish the book, Cunningham says that he advised Rowling to get a day job, since she had little chance of making money in children’s books.<ref> ] ]. Accessed ] ].</ref> Soon after, Rowling received an £8000 grant from the ] to enable her to continue writing.<ref name="lexicon-timeline-books" /><ref> ] ]. Accessed ] ].</ref>

The following spring, an auction was held in the United States for the rights to publish the novel, and was won by ], who paid Rowling more than $100,000. Rowling has said she “nearly died” when she heard the news.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> , ''''. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> In June 1997, Bloomsbury published ''Philosopher’s<!-- DO NOT change to Sorceror--> Stone'' with an initial print-run of one thousand copies, five hundred of which were distributed to libraries. Today, such copies are each valued at between £16,000 and £25,000.<ref> ] ]. Accessed ] ].</ref>

Five months later, the book won its first award, a ]. In February, the novel won the prestigious ] for Children’s Book of the Year, and, later the Children’s Book Award. In October 1998, Scholastic published ''Philosopher’s<!-- DO NOT change to Sorceror--> Stone'' in the US under the title of ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone'': a change Rowling claims she now regrets and would have fought if she had been in a better position at the time.<ref name="lexicon-timeline-books" /><ref name="darkmark-bbc"><span class="plainlinks"> . March 2001. Accessed ] ].</span></ref>

In December 1999, the third ''Harry Potter'' novel, '']'', won the Smarties Prize, making Rowling the first person to win the award three times running.<ref name="lexicon-timeline-books" /> She later withdrew the fourth ''Harry Potter'' novel from contention to allow other books a fair chance. In January 2000, ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' won the inaugural ], though it lost the Book of the Year prize to ]’s translation of '']''.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> Gibbons, Fiachra. . , ] ], accessed ] ].</span></ref>

To date, six of the seven volumes of the ''Harry Potter'' series, one for each of Harry’s school years, have already been published and all have broken sales records. The last three volumes in the series have been the fastest-selling books in history, grossing more in their opening 24 hours than blockbuster films.<ref name="lexicon-timeline-books" /><ref><span class="plainlinks"> . ''EOnline'', ] ]. Accessed ] ].</span></ref><ref><span class="plainlinks"> . ''Infoplease'', ] ]. Accessed ] ].</span></ref> Currently, the series has sold over 325 million copies worldwide and been translated into 65 languages since the first book was published in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Harry Potter is expected to set record|url=http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/06/29/final_harry_potter_is_expected_to_set_record/|work=The Boston Globe|accessdate=2007-07-04}}</ref>.

Rowling has completed the seventh and ] of the series. Its title was revealed on ] ] to be '']''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bloomsbury press release|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/default.asp?sec=4|accessdate=2007-05-25}}</ref> On ] ] Rowling announced on her website that its release date was to be ] ].<ref></ref> Rowling wrote on a bust in her hotel room at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh that she had completed the seventh book in that room on 11 January 2007; this was confirmed to be authentic by Rowling's and the hotel's representatives.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=3&id=181062007|title=Finish or bust - JK Rowling's unlikely message in an Edinburgh hotel room|date=2007-02-03|accessdate=2007-02-07|publisher=]}}</ref>
In February 2007, Neil Blair, a lawyer with Rowling's literary agency, announced that ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' will not be released as an e-book. Rowling has not allowed the first six Potter stories to be released as e-books and has no plans to change that for the seventh and final work.<ref name="NewsMax">". ], ], ].</ref>

===''Harry Potter'' films===
In October, 1998, ] purchased the film rights to the first two novels for a seven-figure sum.<ref name="lexicon-timeline-books"/> A film version of '']''<!-- DO NOT change to Sorceror--> was released on ] ] and '']'' on ] ].<ref name="lexicon-timeline-books" /> Both were directed by ].<ref>{{imdb title|id=0241527|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone}}</ref><ref>{{imdb title|id=0295297|title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}</ref> The ] ] film version of '']'' was directed by ].<ref>{{imdb title|id=0304141|title=Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}</ref><ref name="lexicon-timeline-books" /> The fourth film, '']'', was directed by yet another new director, ]. '']'' was released on ] ]. ] is the film's director, and ] is its screenwriter, having taken over the position from ]. '']'' is in pre-production, and is scheduled for release on ] ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/251|title=Confirmed: HBP movie release date|publisher=]|date=]-]}}</ref> David Yates will once again direct the film, and it has been confirmed that Kloves will return to screenwrite it.<ref>{{cite news | title=Screenwriter will sit out one 'Potter' | url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=371074 | work=] |date=2004-11-16 | accessdate=2007-03-30|last=Fienberg|first=Daniel}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41338|title=Yates Confirmed For Potter VI|date=]|work=Sci Fi Wire|accessdate=2007-05-03|last=Spelling|first=Ian}}</ref> Nothing has been announced regarding the film version of the final book, '']''.

In contrast to the treatment of most authors by Hollywood studios, Warner Bros. took considerable notice of Rowling's desires and thoughts in their attempt to bring her books to the screen. One of her principal stipulations was the films be shot in Britain with an all-British cast, which has so far been adhered to strictly.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . ''The Times (UK)'', ] ]. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> In an unprecedented move, Rowling also demanded that ], the victor in the race to ] their products to the film series, donate $18 million to the American charity ], as well as a number of community charity programs.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . BBC News, ] ]. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref>

The first four films were scripted by Steve Kloves; Rowling assisted him in the writing process, ensuring that his scripts did not contradict future books in the series. She says she has told him more about the later books than anybody else, but not everything.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> Mzimba, Lizo, moderator. . , February 2003. Accessed ] ].</span></ref> She has also said that she has told ] (Snape) and ] (Hagrid) certain secrets about their characters that have not yet been revealed.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . ''cBBC Newsround'', ] ]. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> ] was approached to direct the first film, but dropped out. The press has repeatedly claimed that Rowling played a role in his departure, but Rowling stated on her website that she has no say in who directs the films.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> Rowling's first choice for the director of the first Harry Potter{{Polytonic|}} film had been ] alumnus ], being a fan of Gilliam's work. Warner Bros. studios wanted a more family friendly film, however, and eventually they settled for ].<ref></ref>

===After ''Harry Potter''===
Rowling has stated that she plans to continue writing after the publication of the final ''Harry Potter'' book, '']''. She declared in a recent interview that she will most likely not use a new pen name as the press would quickly discover her true identity.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . Radio 4, ] ]. Accessed ] ].</span></ref>

In 2006, Rowling revealed that she had completed a few short stories and another children's book (a "political fairy story") about a monster, aimed at a younger audience than ''Harry Potter'' readers.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . ] ]. Accessed ] ].</span></ref>

She is not planning to write an eighth ''Harry Potter'' book, but has suggested she might publish an "encyclopedia" of the ''Harry Potter'' world consisting of all her unpublished material and notes. Any profits from such a book would be given to charity.<ref> Accessed ] ].</ref> When asked, in an interview on the ], ] episode of ], whether she would ever write an eighth Harry Potter novel Rowling confirmed that she only ever planned to write seven books in the series but also that she could not rule it out entirely. ''"Um, I think that Harry's story comes to quite a clear end in Book Seven but I've always said that I wouldn't say "never". I can't say I'll never write another book about that world just because I think what do I know, in ten years time I might want to return to it but I think it's unlikely."''<ref></ref>

==Current life and family==
In 2001, Rowling purchased a luxurious 19th century ], ], on the banks of the ], near ], in ], Scotland.<ref name="lexicon-muggle-k"><span class="plainlinks">, '' - ''. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> Rowling also owns a home in ], Edinburgh, and a ] house in London, on a street where, according to ''The Guardian'', the average price of a house is £4.27 million ($8 million), including an underground swimming pool and 24-hour security.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> Collinson, Patrick. . '''', ] ]. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref>

On ] ], Rowling married Neil Michael Murray, an ], in a private ceremony at her home in ].<ref name="lexicon-muggle-k" /> Their son David Gordon Rowling Murray was born on ] ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Baby joy for JK Rowling|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2883095.stm|work=BBC News|year=2003|accessdate=2007-05-25}}</ref> Shortly after Rowling began writing ''Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince'', she took a break from working on the novel to care for him in his early infancy.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . . ] ]. Accessed ] ].</span></ref> Rowling's youngest child, Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray, to whom she dedicated '']'', was born in January 2005.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . . ] ]. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref>

== Philanthropist ==
J.K. Rowling, once a single parent herself, is now President of ]. Rowling has supported the charity since 2000 when she became its first Ambassador. <ref></ref>

J.K. Rowling contributes substantially to charities that combat ] and ]. She also gives to organizations that aid children, one parent families, and multiple sclerosis research.

According to '']'', Rowling is a friend of Prime Minister ] and his wife, Sarah, with whom she collaborated on a book of children's stories to aid the charity One Parent Families.<ref></ref>. Rowling, along with ], ], and ], wrote an introduction to a collection of Gordon Brown's speeches, of which the proceeds are being donated to the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory.<ref></ref>

===Comic Relief===
In 2001, the UK fundraiser ] asked three bestselling British authors, (Rowling, cookery writer and TV presenter ], and ] creator ]), to submit booklets related to their most famous works for publication. For every pound raised, a pound would go towards combatting poverty and social inequality across the globe. Rowling's two booklets, '']'' and '']'', are ostensibly facsimiles of books found in the ] library, and are written under the names of their fictional authors, ] and ].<ref><span class="plainlinks"> , ''''. Accessed ], ]. </span></ref> Since going on sale in March, 2001, the books have raised £15.7 million (US$30 million) for the fund. The £10.8 million (US$20 million) raised outside the UK has been channelled into a newly created International Fund for Children and Young People in Crisis.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> ''''. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> She has also personally given £22 million to Comic Relief.<ref name=dailymail>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=402027&in_page_id=187
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===Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland===
Rowling has contributed money and support for research and treatment of ], from which her mother died in 1990. This death heavily affected her writing, according to Rowling.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . . Accessed ] ]. </ref><ref><span class="plainlinks"> Greig, Geordie. . ''Tatler Magazine'', ] ]. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref><ref> In fact, on ], ],], she said that she introduced much more detail about Harry's loss in the first book, because she knew about how it felt. <span class="plainlinks"> , Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> In 2006, Rowling contributed a substantial sum toward the creation of a new Centre for Regenerative Medicine at ]. For reasons unknown, Scotland, Rowling's country of adoption, has the highest rate of MS in the world.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> MS Society, Scotland . ''Edinburgh Research and Innovation, University of Edinburgh'', ] ]. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref>

===Other donations===
On ] and ] ] she read alongside ] and ] at ] in New York City. Profits from the event were donated to the Haven Foundation, a charity that aids artists and performers left uninsurable and unable to work, and the medical ] ].<ref><span class="plainlinks"> . . ] ] &nbsp;Accessed ] ]. </span></ref> In May 2007, Rowling gave ]495,000 to a reward fund of over $4.5 million for the safe return of a young British girl, ], who was kidnapped in Portugal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May13/0,4670,PeopleRowling,00.html|title=Potter Author Adds to U.K. Reward Fund|date=]|work=Fox News|accessdate=2007-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6652937.stm|title=Madeleine father sure she is safe|date=]|work=BBC News|accessdate=2007-05-14}}</ref> In January 2006, Rowling went to ] to raise funds for the Children's High Level Group, an organization devoted to enforcing the human rights of mentally ill children in Eastern Europe, particularly the continued use of caged beds in mental institutions.<ref><span class="plainlinks"> .</ref>

==Honours==
In June 2000, ] honoured Rowling by making her an ].<ref name="lexicon-timeline-books" />

In April 2006, the ] ] was named in her honour.<ref>{{cite web|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser|work=NASA JPL|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=43844|accessdate=2006-04-28}}</ref> The name was submitted to the ] by ] Dr. Mark Hammergren, who has been a fan of the ''Harry Potter'' series since 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pr-inside.com/harry-potter-creator-jk-rowling-has-had-an-asteroid-named-after-her-r11990.htm |title=Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has an asteroid named after here |accessdate=2007-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hpana.com/news.19493.html |title=Asteroid named after JKR |accessdate=2007-06-21}}</ref>

In May 2006, the newly-discovered ] ] '']'', currently at the Children's Museum in ], was named in honour of her world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dinosaur is dead ringer for Potter dragon|work=The Times|author= Jack Malvern|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2194527,00.html|accessdate=2006-06-08}}</ref>

In June 2006, the British public named Rowling “the greatest living British writer” in a poll by ''The Book Magazine''. Rowling topped the poll, receiving nearly three times as many votes as the second-place author, fantasy writer ].<ref><span class="plainlinks"> , ''''. Accessed ] ]. </span></ref>

In July 2006 Rowling received a Doctor of Laws (LLD) honorary degree from ] for her "significant contribution to many charitable causes" and "her many contributions to society".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mediareleases/release.php?id=638|title=‘Harry Potter’ author JK Rowling receives Honorary Degree|accessdate=2007-03-31|date=2006-07-06}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
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* a collection of short stories, edited by Gil McNeil and Sarah Brown, with a foreword by J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (])

==See also==
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