J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, was born on July 31, 1965. Rowling was born in Gloucestershire, England. She studied French and Classics at Essector College. After graduating, she held various jobs, but she never gave up her childhood dream of becoming a novelist, devoting her time to reading and writing books. One day, while traveling on a train from Manchester to London, the idea for Harry Potter suddenly occurred to her, and she began writing. She married in Portugal in October 1992, gave birth to a daughter, and divorced within a year. She returned to Edinburgh, England with her daughter. She then focused on writing novels, completing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1995. It was published in June 1997 and quickly became a bestseller across the UK. The second book in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, remained at the top of the bestseller charts for a month after its release. With each new release since the third, she has continued to break the fastest-selling book record, becoming such a hit that it has become a social phenomenon around the world.
In 2000, she was awarded the Order of Merit for her contributions to children's literature. She is also known as the "highest-paid author in history," with an annual income of approximately 18.2 billion yen. In her personal life, she remarried in 2001 and gave birth to a boy in 2003 and a girl in 2005.
After the Harry Potter series ended, she published a full-length novel for adults, "Casual Vacancy," in September 2012. She also published a novel, "The Cuckoo's Calling," under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Although she initially concealed her identity as Rowling, newspapers soon discovered her identity. She is reportedly currently working on a sequel to the series. Harry Potter, the protagonist of the Harry Potter series, also shares Rowling's birthday, July 31, 1980. He was born into the Potter family, a magical family living in Godric's Hollow in the west of England, and enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the age of 11. He is characterized by his round glasses and a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his forehead.
