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J.K. Rowling

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

gender
female

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twitter username
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genre
Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences
Jane Austen, Geoffrey Chaucer, Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Goudge, C.S. Lew...more


About this author

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 benefits 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 runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, no...more


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Books by J.K. Rowling

Average rating: 4.36 · 4,976,770 ratings · 123,306 reviews · 53 distinct works
Harry Potter and the Philos...
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 1,108,780 ratings — published 1997 — 224 editions
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Harry Potter and the Deathl...
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4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 612,111 ratings — published 2007 — 30 editions
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Harry Potter and the Prison...
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4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 629,167 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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Harry Potter and the Goblet...
4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 618,109 ratings — published 2000
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Harry Potter and the Half-B...
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4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 593,314 ratings — published 2005
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Harry Potter and the Order ...
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 592,499 ratings — published 2003 — 139 editions
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Harry Potter and the Chambe...
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 612,658 ratings — published 1998 — 175 editions
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Harry Potter Boxset
4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 58,455 ratings — published 2007 — 20 editions
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 67,212 ratings — published 2008 — 37 editions
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Quidditch Through the Ages
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 27,245 ratings — published 2001 — 29 editions
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Series by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philos... Harry Potter and the Chambe... Harry Potter and the Prison... Harry Potter and the Goblet... Harry Potter and the Order ... Harry Potter and the Half-B... Harry Potter and the Deathl...
Harry Potter (7 books)
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4.358267473810993 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 4,963,342 ratings

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Quotes by J.K. Rowling

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