JK Rowling net worth, age, wiki, family, biography and latest updates.
J.K. Rowling is the British author behind the popular and critically acclaimed Harry Potter series (seven books published between 1997 and 2007), which follows a lonely orphan who discovers he is a wizard and enrols at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
JK Rowling: Profile summary
Full Name (real name) | Joanne Rowling |
Nickname or Other Names | JK Rowling |
Profession | Writer, Author, Novelist, Film Producer |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth and Age | July 31, 1965 |
Age (as of 2022) | 56 years old |
Birthplace | Yate, Gloucestershire, England |
Nationality | British |
Ethnicity | White |
Religion | Christian |
Spouse | Neil Murray |
Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
J. K. Rowling: Biography
J. K. Rowling was born into a modest family with a fair share of complexities in her personal life. Her mother died at the age of 45 from complications related to multiple sclerosis while she was writing Harry Potter.
Rowling moved to Portugal, hoping to escape her grief. She was shortly married to a Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes with whom she had her first child.
Later on, J. K. Rowling admitted she applied for government assistance to help raise her daughter. Rowling has married Neil Murray, a Scottish doctor, since 2001.
Rowling wrote three books from 1997 to 1999, each more successful than the last. Nonetheless, her blockbuster was probably Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire in 2000.
J. K. Rowling’s career started as a children’s book author. Yet she managed to attract many adult readers, some with so much passion for being called fanatics.
Warner Brothers secured the movie rights to the Harry Potter film series in an undisclosed seven-figure deal only for the first two books. It’s been estimated that more than 500 million copies (in 80 languages) of Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide.
JK Rowling: Personal Life
She was once married to Jorge Arantes whom they tied the knot in 1992, then separated in 1993 after having one child with him.
JK Rowling: Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 31 July 1965, J.K. Rowling is 55 years old as of today’s date 24th January 2021. Her height is 1.65 m tall, and her weight is 54 kg.
J. K. Rowling: Books
Here are some of the most popular books by J. K. Rowling.
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1997)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001)
J. K. Rowling: Writing Career
She aspired to be a writer since she was very young.
Rowling finished her studies and moved to London, working in multiple jobs, including Amnesty International, a charity she continues to support.
The idea for Harry Potter first came to her in 1990. J. K. Rowling developed her fictional characters into seven wildly successful Harry Potter books.
Looking back at her journey, it wasn’t always success and glory.
She was an unemployed single mother living on government benefits without any books under her belt.
What made J. K. Rowling one of the greatest writers of our time was faith and persistence. Twelve publishing houses rejected her first book. Eventually, the Bloomsbury Publishing company and its literary agent, Christopher Little, took a chance on her.
J. K. Rowling is undoubtedly one of the most productive writers, with 19 finished novels. And that’s just her novels!
When it comes to all-time authors, it’s not easy to pick out a single book as the best or the most famous one of them all.
Nevertheless, it would perhaps be: “Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone” if one had to choose. This was her very first novel, typed on an old manual typewriter, which ultimately turned out to be the fifth best-selling book of all time.
JK Rowling: Net Worth
J.K. Rowling’s net worth is estimated to be $1.5 billion.