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Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, before her remarriage her name was Joanne Rowling, [2] or Jo. [3] At birth, she had no middle name. [2] Staff at Bloomsbury Publishing suggested that she use two initials rather than her full name, anticipating that young boys – their target audience – would not want to read a book written by a woman. [2]
[78] However, a spokesman for Rowling, responding to the rumors of a planned remake of the film, has denied that Rowling ever saw it before writing her book. [79] Rowling has said on record multiple times that the name "Harry Potter" was derived in part from a childhood friend, Ian Potter, and in part from her favourite male name, Harry. [80]
--J. K. Rowling. J.K. Rowling throughout her career: Sunday, March 6: "Hard work and a proper frame of mind prepare you for the lucky breaks that come along -- or don't."-Harrison Ford. Monday ...
July 31 marks a very special occasion for "Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling. The author responsible for fueling our imaginations and providing us with an open-minded, creative, and loving ...
JK Rowling says she thought the Oscar-winner would ‘live forever’, ... Writing on X, he said: “Dame Maggie Smith introduced us to new worlds with the countless stories she acted over her ...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and was Rowling's debut novel. It follows Harry Potter , a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School ...
Kate Samuelson of Time.com expressed that the book contained a lot of surprising and intricate details about the characters as well as insight into the history of the wizarding world and interesting revelations of Rowling’s writing regrets. [7]
JK Rowling – the author who divides her time between writing as a man under the guise of Robert Galbraith and being vocal about anyone who doesn’t fit her definition of “woman” – is no ...