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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

website

http://www.jkrowling.com

twitter username

jk_rowling

genre

Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences

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

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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: 4.34 · 4,264,057 ratings · 116,995 reviews · 54 distinct works

	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 930,445 ratings — published 1997 — 205 editions	My rating:
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.50 avg rating — 530,671 ratings — published 2007 — 109 editions	My rating:
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 543,643 ratings — published 1999 — 143 editions	My rating:
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 534,844 ratings — published 2000 — 131 editions	My rating:
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 513,963 ratings — published 2005 — 112 editions	My rating:
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 513,983 ratings — published 2003 — 129 editions	My rating:
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 530,403 ratings — published 1998 — 158 editions	My rating:
	Harry Potter Boxset (Harry Potter, #1-7) 4.71 avg rating — 49,884 ratings — published 2007 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Tales of Beedle the Bard 3.75 avg rating — 55,812 ratings — published 2008 — 36 editions	My rating:
	Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling, Kennilworthy Whisp 3.62 avg rating — 22,074 ratings — published 2001 — 28 editions	My rating:

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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

tags: integrity

20,186 people liked it

“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

tags: choices

12,767 people liked it

“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

10,390 people liked it

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Favourite Harry Potter CandyJ.K. Rowling

Bertie Botts ever flavour beans

21 votes, 26.9%

choc frogs

18 votes, 23.1%

Sugar Quills

5 votes, 6.4%

Fizzing Whizzbees

5 votes, 6.4%

cauldron cakes

4 votes, 5.1%

Crystallised pineapple

3 votes, 3.8%

Peppermint Toad

2 votes, 2.6%

Various types of chocolate

2 votes, 2.6%

Fat, honey coloured toffees

2 votes, 2.6%

Pixie Puffs

2 votes, 2.6%

choc wands

2 votes, 2.6%

Salt Water Taffy

2 votes, 2.6%

Acid pops

1 vote, 1.3%

Pink Coconut Ice

1 vote, 1.3%

Shock-o-Choc

1 vote, 1.3%

Wizochoc

1 vote, 1.3%

Droobles Best Blowing Gum

1 vote, 1.3%

choc skeletons

1 vote, 1.3%

Treacle fudge

1 vote, 1.3%

Liqorice wand

1 vote, 1.3%

Fudge Flies

1 vote, 1.3%

Drubles

1 vote, 1.3%

Jelly Slugs

0 votes, 0.0%

Pepper Imps

0 votes, 0.0%

Exploding bonbons

0 votes, 0.0%

chocoballs

0 votes, 0.0%

choco-loco

0 votes, 0.0%

Pumpkin fizz

0 votes, 0.0%

charm choc

0 votes, 0.0%

bats blood soup

0 votes, 0.0%

blood flavoured lolly pops

0 votes, 0.0%

creamy chunks of nougat

0 votes, 0.0%

cocroach clusters

0 votes, 0.0%

Tooth-Splintering Strongmints

0 votes, 0.0%

Toothflossing Stringmints

0 votes, 0.0%

Spindle's Lick'O'Rish Spiders

0 votes, 0.0%

Sugared Butterfly Wings

0 votes, 0.0%

Ice Mice

0 votes, 0.0%

78 total votes

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