JK Rowling
December 17, 2008 11:34 pm AuthorsJoanne “Jo” Rowling OBE, better known as JK Rowling was born on 31 July 1965. J. K. Rowling is a British author, who is best known as being creator of the much loved Harry Potter series. JK says she came up with the idea for of Harry Potter when she was on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. Harry Potter books are famous worldwide and have won multiple awards the book have sold more than 400 million copies worldwide and has been made into box office favourite movies, both the books and the films are loved by both adults and children.
Awell as writing the Harry Potter books, JK is also famous for her “rags to riches” life story, in which she changed from living on benefits to being a multi-millionaire within five years. The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List estimated JK is worth £560 million ($1.1 billion), meaning she is the twelfth richest woman in Britain. Forbes ranked JK as the forty eighth most powerful celebrities of 2007.
JK was born to Peter James and Anne Rowling in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, she has a sister, Dianne (Di) who was born at their home on 28 June 1967] when Rowling was 23 months old.