J.K. Rowling
““We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.” ”
About Her
Ethnicity: British
Birthday: July 31, 1965
Born in: New york City, New York
““We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.” ”
Ethnicity: British
Birthday: July 31, 1965
Born in: New york City, New York
Occupation: J.K. Rowling,who writes under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist and screenwriter who wrote the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a series of films, over which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films in the series.
Rowling has received honorary degrees from St Andrews University, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, the University of Exeter which she attended, the University of Aberdeen and Harvard University, for whom she spoke at the 2008 commencement ceremony. In 2009 Rowling was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In 2011 Rowling became an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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