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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]
In December 2013, J. K. Rowling announced that she was working on a Harry Potter–based play, [270] and in June 2015 it was officially titled Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. [271] The two-part, West End stage play , written by British playwright Jack Thorne , is based on an original story by Thorne, John Tiffany and Rowling.
Pottermore continued to add new features to the site with a focus on expanding the wizarding world via interactive features and new J.K. Rowling writing. Since the site's relaunch Pottermore revealed the origins of the Potter family, locations and information regarding wizarding schools around the world and "History of Magic in North America".
JK Rowling has acknowledged her “cancellation” after sharing a post celebrating her wedding anniversary.. The Harry Potter author has been met with strong backlash in recent years over her ...
When J.K. Rowling first went public in June 2020 about her belief that transgender women are men and transgender men are women, many of the stars of the “Harry Potter” and “Fantastic Beasts ...
J.K. Rowling's net worth in 2024 is estimated at a cool $1.1 billion, per The New York Times, but it's likely even higher than that—because the report was from 2016, ...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and was Rowling's début 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 of ...
HBO is at the center of controversy for supporting JK Rowling, the acclaimed author of the Harry Potter universe, stating that she has the right to express her “personal views” after ...