J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling
Joanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE, FRSL, pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have gained worldwide attention, 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 which is the second highest-grossing film series in history. Rowling had overall approval on the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth31 July 1965
CityYate, England
I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien.
There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.
When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
I always felt an outsider.
I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.
I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter.
The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.
However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is.
I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side.
I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing?