JK Rowling can be described as a British author and philanthropist.JK Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, and she is best known by the pen name, J. K. Rowling. She was born in Yate, Gloucestershire. She was then working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International in 1990 when she got the idea to work on Harry Potter.
She was the author of Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy series. The series was published from 1997 to 2007. It is important to note that JK Rowling recorded over 600 million copies in sales for Harry Potter. Harry Potter was also translated into 84 languages and became a global media franchise which was made up of films and video games.
Within a seven-year period, she lost he mother, gave birth to her first child and had her divorce from her husband. JK Rowling is the brain behind The Casual Vacancy (2012) which was a novel for adults and she also worked on Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith.
The conclusion of the Harry Potter series came with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). Over the years, JK Rowling has won so many accolades for her works. For her services to literature and philanthropy, she has received an OBE.
She has also been made a Companion of Honour. Without a doubt, JK Rowling has made so much wealth from Harry Potter. She has also used her recognition to champion philanthropic endeavors and political causes.
She established the Volant Charitable Trust and co-founded the charity Lumos. She has made her opinion known about issues of transgender people and related civil rights since 2017. Her opinions are criticized as transphobic by LGBT rights organizations.
JK Rowling Dead What Is The Cause of Death
JK Rowling is alive. There is no report or information to suggest or confirm that JK Rowling has died. In as much as she uses J. K. Rowling, as her pen name, she was called Joanne Rowling before she married. Following her 2001 remarriage, she has sometimes used the name Joanne Murray when conducting personal business