The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother from multiple sclerosis, which deeply affected Rowling and her writing the birth of her first child and divorce from her first husband. In 1990, the idea for the characters of Harry Potter came to her while she waited on a delayed train. She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, as Robert Galbraith.īorn in Yate, Rowling graduated from the University of Exeter in 1987 and began working temp jobs as a bilingual secretary. The Casual Vacancy (2012) was her first novel for adults. The series has been enormously successful: it has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into at least 70 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. She wrote a seven-volume children's fantasy series, Harry Potter, published from 1997 to 2007. Joanne Rowling, CH OBE HonFRSE FRCPE FRSL ( / ˈ r oʊ l ɪ ŋ/ ROH-ling born 31 July 1965), is a British author and philanthropist known by her pen name J. K.
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