J. K. Rowling

Victoria Nagy (La Trobe University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kerry Myler (Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 31 Jul 1965
Activity 1995-ongoing

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Children's/Young Adult writer
Novelist

Resources

Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter series of children’s fantasy books, which tell the story of the orphaned boy-wizard Harry Potter and his fight against the evil Lord Voldemort. Each of the seven books in the series have outsold each other, the most recent (and last in the series) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows having also become the fastest selling book of all time.

Rowling’s parents, Peter James Rowling and Anne Volant, met in 1963 as eighteen-year olds on a train out of King’s Cross Station whilst they were on their way to join the British navy, and married a year later. Joanne Rowling (minus a middle name) was born soon after, in July 1965, to the young couple at …

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Citation: Nagy, Victoria. "J. K. Rowling". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 October 2007 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5879, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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