British author J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series in the early 2000. She is a mother of three, and was married twice. J.K. Rowling was born July 311965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She is currently 49 years old. Her full name is Joanne Rowling. She has a two year younger sister named Dianne Rowling, a mother named Anne Volant-Rowling, and a father named Peter James Rowling. Joanne’s mother died on December 30th 1990, at the age of 45 because she had Multiple Sclerosis. J.K. Rowling was only 25 years old and it was a very hard situation for her and her family. It also gave her an inspiration for the Harry Potter books. Jo’s first marriage was to a Portuguese broadcast journalist named Jorge Arantes. They were together since 1992 till 1995. Her second marriage was to Neil Michael Murray. He’s an Anesthesiologist. They got married in 2001, and are still currently married. Joanne also has three children. One named Jessica, another named David and the youngest named Mackenzie. Jessica’s full name is Jessica Isabel Rowling-Arantes. She was born July 27 1993 and is currently 21 years old. David’s full name is David Gordon Rowling-Murray. He was born March 24 2003 and is currently 12 years old. And finally Mackenzie’s full name is Mackenzie Jean Rowling-Murray. She was born January 23 2005 and is currently 10 years old. …show more content…
began writing as a child. She would write about her sister falling down a rabbit hole. Joanne also wrote her first book at the age of 6 but it did not get published. When Jo decided to publish her first Harry Potter book, Bloomsbury wanted to use her initials instead of her real name because they thought that boys wouldn’t want to read the book if it was written by a women Joanne didn’t have a middle name so she gave herself one, Kathleen, after her