J.K. ROWLING is the author of the enduringly popular, era-defining Harry Potter seven-book
series, which have sold over 600 million copies in 85 languages, been listened to as
audiobooks for over one billion hours and made into eight smash hit movies. To accompany
the series, she wrote three short companion volumes for charity, including Fantastic Beasts
and Where to Find Them, which went on to inspire a new series of films featuring
Magizoologist Newt Scamander. Harry’s story as a grown-up was continued in a stage play,
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and
director John Tiffany.
In 2020, she returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, the
royalties for which she donated to her charitable trust, Volant, to help charities working to
alleviate the social effects of the Covid 19 pandemic. Her latest children’s novel, The
Christmas Pig, was published in 2021.
J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honours for her writing, including for her
detective series written under the name Robert Galbraith. She supports a wide number of
humanitarian causes through Volant, and is the founder of the international children’s care
reform charity Lumos. J.K. Rowling lives in Scotland with her family.
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