See also: Robert Galbraith Although she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she chose K as the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother Kathleen Ada Bulgen Rowling. She calls herself Jo and has said, "No one ever called me 'Joanne' when I was young, unless they were angry." Following her marriage, she has sometimes used the name Joanne Murray when conducting personal business. During the Leveson Inquiry she gave evidence under the name of Joanne Kathleen Rowling. In a 2012 interview, Rowling noted that she no longer cared that people pronounced her name incorrectly. Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, and Anne Rowling (née Volant), on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French and half-Scottish. Her parents first met on a train departing from King's Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965. Her mother's maternal grandfather, Dugald Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War. Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore. As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. She recalls that: "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee." At the age of nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Chepstow, Wales. When she was a young teenager, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a questionable kind," gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels. Mitford became Rowling's heroine, and Rowling subsequently read all of her books. Rowling has said of her teenage years, in an interview with The New Yorker, "I wasn’t particularly happy. I think it’s a dreadful time of life." She had a difficult homelife; her mother was ill and she had a difficult relationship with her father (she is no longer on speaking terms with him). She attended secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother had worked as a technician in the science department. Rowling said of her adolescence, "Hermione [a bookish, know-it-all Harry Potter character] is loosely based on me. She's a caricature of me when I was eleven, which I'm not particularly proud of." Steve Eddy, who taught Rowling English when she first arrived, remembers her as "not exceptional" but "one of a group of girls who were bright, and quite good at English." Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which she says inspired the one in her books.
Series
Books
Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo
2025
Harry Potter - Noël à Poudlard
2024
Harry Potter - A History of Magic
2018
Harry Potter i Kamien Filozoficzny
2001
The stories of the Hogwarts founders
2025
Les Forces Du Mal Le Carnet Magique
2017
The Best Motivational Speeches of All Times
2020
The Potter Family
2025
Portals to Reading Series
2000
The Magical Congress of the United States of America
2025
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2024
해리 포터와 마법사의 돌 2
1997
Fantastic Beasts
The Wonder of Nature: Amazing Animals and the Magical Creatures of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts
2020
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2025
Harry Potter 4 Czara Ognia TW w.2023
2023
Pocket Potters
Ron Weasley: Little Guides to the Harry Potter Stories
2025
Harry Potter e il Principe Mezzosangue
2018
The Ickabog
2020
هری پاتر و جام آتش 2
2001
Pocket Potters
Ron Weasley
2025
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1997
Serce jak smoła. Część 2
2022
Harry Potter
A Magical Year - The Illustrations of Jim Kay
2021
The Ickabog
Ben Mantle Illustrated Edition
2025
Harry Potter 6 Ksiaze Polkrwi BR w.2023
2023
What's Your Story?
2008
From the Wizarding Archive (Volume 1)
Curated Writing from the World of Harry Potter
2024
해리 포터와 죽음의 성물 4
2007
The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Illustrated Edition
A magical companion to the Harry Potter stories
2018
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2008
Quidditch World Cup 2014
Final Live Report
2025
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child / Tales of Beedle the Bard / Fantastic Beasts and where to find them
2025
The History of the Quidditch World Cup
2014
One city
2010
해리 포터와 마법사의 돌 1
1997
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Full-Cast Edition)
2025
هری پاتر و محفل ققنوس - کتاب پنجم جلد دو از سه
2003
Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban
(edição Pottermore): 3 Paperbackc
2026
Harry Potter Illustrated Box Set
2016
The Sorting Hat
2025
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter Illustrated Edtn) & Unofficial Harry Potter - The Ultimate Amazing Complete Quiz Book 2 Books Collection Set
2019
Harry Potter
The Prequel
2008
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2007
Hogwarts
An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide
2016
Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix. 1
2003
Harry Potter e l'Ordine della Fenice
2018
Very Good Life For Fail of The Unexpected Benefit and Perfect for Imagination (
2025
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2024
Hogwarts Library
2012
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Illustrated Version
2017
Pocket Potters
Harry Potter: Little Guides to the Harry Potter Stories
2025
J.K. Rowling Collection 6 Books Set
2020
Harry Potter and The prisoner of Azkaban
2025
Harry Potter e il Calice di Fuoco
2018
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2001
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies
2016
Mini potterovky
Luna Lovegoodová
2026
Harry Potter
Travel Magic Platform 9¾: Artifacts from the Wizarding World: Platform 93/4: Artifacts from the Wizarding World
2020
هری پاتر و شاهزاده ی دورگه کتاب 6
جلد دو از دو
2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2024
Complete Harry Potter Book Series Special Edition Boxed Set 1-7 by J.K. Rowling - Plus The Cursed Child & Fantastic Beasts
2014
An Ode to Charlie Weasley
2025
해리포터와 혼혈왕자 4
2005
ハリー・ポッターと炎のゴブレット 上
2000
Wizarding Schools
2025
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Original Screenplay
2016
Aus dem Zaubererarchiv
Ausgewählte Texte aus der Welt von Harry Potter
2024
Coffret Harry Potter en 8 tomes
2016
Harry Potter
Magical Tales about the Wizarding World
2025
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해리포터와 불사조 기사단 [Part 4 of 5]
2003
Harry Potter Schoolbooks
Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2001
هری پاتر و محفل ققنوس - کتاب پنجم جلد یک از سه
2004
Harry Potter e la camera dei segreti
2017
Pocket Potters
Hermione Granger
2025
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2003
Very Good Lives
The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
2015
The Christmas Pig
2021
Aus den Filmen von Harry Potter / Phantastische Tierwesen - Who is Who - Die Figuren der Zaubererwelt
2023
هری پاتر و محفل ققنوس - کتاب پنجم جلد دوم
2025
Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego
2025
Jack et la grande aventure du Cochon de Noël
2023
Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
1999
Harry Potter House Slytherin Edition Series 11-15
5 Books Collection Set By J.K. Rowling
1999
Harry Potter
Magical Skies
2001
Number Four, Privet Drive
2015
Ur trollkarlsarkivet
Harry Potter och hans fantastiska värld
2025
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2024
Ο Χάρι Πότερ και το Κύπελλο της Φωτιάς
2025
Pocket Potters
Harry Potter
2025
![Fantastic Beasts 3 Books Series by J.K. Rowling [Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ; The Crimes of Grindelwald & The Secrets of Dumbledore(Hardcover)] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1696981838i/126033068.jpg)
Fantastic Beasts 3 Books Series by J.K. Rowling [Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ; The Crimes of Grindelwald & The Secrets of Dumbledore(Hardcover)]
2022
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
1999
Christmas at Hogwarts
2024
Harry Potter y la Camara Secreta
2010
Niespokojna krew. Część 2
2020
هری پاتر و شاهزاده ی دورگه
جلد 1 از 2
2005
Hogwarts Ghosts
2025
Les Animaux fantastiques
Les Secrets de Dumbledore – Le texte du film
2022
Harry Potter 5 Zakon Feniksa BR w.2023
2023
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2005
Mini potterovky
Profesor Dumbledore
2026
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2000
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1998
هری پاتر و يادگاران مرگ
جلد اول
2007
NEW-pt of the Original West End Production
The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production
2025
Harry Potter. Magisches Tagebuch
2001
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2018
Harry Potter et la Coupe de Feu - Édition illustrée interactive
Illustrations par Karl James Mountford
2025
Quidditch Through the Ages
2001
The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
2023
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
2016
Harry Potter
Night Journey
2001
Harry Potter und das verwunschene Kind
Die Entstehung – Hinter den Kulissen des gefeierten Theaterstücks
2021
Harry Potter 03
Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban by Rowling, Joanne K. (2013) Paperback
2025
هری پاتر و محفل ققنوس - کتاب پنجم جلد یک
2025
Fantastic Beasts
The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
2018
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2003
Harry Potter e i Doni della Morte
2018
Quidditch World Cup 2014
2014
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
A Magical 3-D Adventure
2002
Harry Potter Sihirli Almanak
2023
The Hogwarts Collection
2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2 Books Bundle Collection
2016
هری پاتر و محفل ققنوس - کتاب پنجم جلد سه از سه
2003
ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石 1-I
2014
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2024
History of Magic in North America
2016
Serce jak smoła. Część 1
2022
Harry Potter 7 Insygnia Smierci TW w.2023
2023
ハリー・ポッターと死の秘宝 ７‐１
2015
Les secrets de Dumbledore
Le texte du film
2022
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2003
Harry Potter Illustrated Collection
2019
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
2016
Fantastic Beasts
The Secrets of Dumbledore - The Complete Screenplay
2022
The Casual Vacancy
2012
Pottermore’s guide to the twenties
1920s New York
2025
Harry Potter Books #5-7
Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince & Deathly Hallows
2007
هری پاتر و یادگاران مرگ
جلد دوم
2007
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2025
Journeys to Hogwarts
A Harry Potter Immersive Audio Experience
2020
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
2008
