J.K. Rowling

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J.K. Rowling

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

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J.K. Rowling (Joanne "Jo" Rowling) is the writer behind the best selling "Harry Potter" series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies and been the basis for a popular series of films.

Aside from writing the Potter novels, Rowling is perhaps equally famous for her "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on welfare to multi-millionaire status within five years. The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £560 million ($798 million), ranking her as the twelfth richest woman in Britain. Forbes ranked Rowling as the forty-eighth most powerful celebrity of 2007, and Time magazine named her as a ru...more


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Average rating: 4.35 · 4,359,529 ratings · 117,802 reviews · 39 distinct works
Harry Potter and the Philosoph...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 953,335 ratings — published 1997 — 207 editions
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Harry Potter and the Deathly H...
4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 541,475 ratings — published 2007 — 109 editions
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner...
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4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 554,885 ratings — published 1999 — 143 editions
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of...
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 545,762 ratings — published 2000 — 131 editions
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Harry Potter and the Half-Bloo...
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4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 524,479 ratings — published 2005 — 112 editions
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Harry Potter and the Order of...
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 524,386 ratings — published 2003 — 129 editions
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Harry Potter and the Chamber o...
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 541,232 ratings — published 1998 — 160 editions
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Harry Potter Boxset (Harry Pot...
4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 51,459 ratings — published 2007 — 22 editions
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 57,412 ratings — published 2008 — 36 editions
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Quidditch Through the Ages
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 22,768 ratings — published 2001 — 28 editions
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Harry Potter (7 books)
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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 us 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 Philosopher's Stone

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