J. K. Rowling
Life Events
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
31 July 1965 | Birth | Joanne Rowling was born on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She later adopted the pen name J.K. Rowling at her publisher's suggestion before the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1997, using her grandmother's initial K as a middle initial since she has no middle name. She shares her birthday with Harry Potter, a detail she has confirmed was intentional. |
2000 | Award Won | Golden Duck Award Special award, for children's and YA SF books |
2018 | Award Won | Science Fiction Hall of Fame Selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors |
Birth31 July 1965
Joanne Rowling was born on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She later adopted the pen name J.K. Rowling at her publisher's suggestion before the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1997, using her grandmother's initial K as a middle initial since she has no middle name. She shares her birthday with Harry Potter, a detail she has confirmed was intentional.
Award Won2000
Golden Duck Award
Special award, for children's and YA SF books
Award Won2018
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
Universes (1)
Series (1)
Books (7)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter
1997
Harry Potter has lived in a cupboard under the stairs for as long as he can remember, told his parents died in a car crash and that his strange abilities are nothing to be ashamed of. On his eleventh birthday, a letter arrives - then dozens more - inviting him to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The magical world he enters is ancient, dangerous, and already aware of who he is. Rowling's debut novel establishes the full landscape of the series with remarkable confidence: Diagon Alley, the Hogwarts Express, the house system, Quidditch, and the long shadow of a dark wizard whose name most people are afraid to speak. It is a book about discovering that the world is larger and stranger than you were led to believe.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter