J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling

YOUNG ADULT AUTHOR

English author who wrote the bestselling Harry Potter fantasy books. Her first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), was followed by six equally popular installments, all of which were made into feature films. She began writing as a child, creating stories about a rabbit family for her younger sister's enjoyment. In her early adulthood, Rowling studied Classics and French at the University of Exeter and subsequently accepted a job offer with Amnesty Internationa
  • When was
    J.K. Rowling born?

    J.K. Rowling was born on Saturday, July 31, 1965

  • Where was
    J.K. Rowling born?

    J.K. Rowling was born in Yate, England

  • How old is
    J.K. Rowling?

    J.K. Rowling is 59


Best Quotes

  • Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.
  • You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
  • When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.
  • There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
  • The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
  • Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
  • Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
  • It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.
  • It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
  • It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
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