J.K Rowling

  • Date of birth

    Date of birth
    She was born on 31st July 1965 at Yate General Hospital just outside Bristol
  • Firts story

    Firts story
    She wrote her first book at the age of six – a story about a rabbit, called ‘Rabbit’.
  • Firts novel

    Firts novel
    At just eleven, she wrote her first novel – about seven cursed diamonds and the people who owned them.
  • Exeter University.

    Exeter University.
    Jo left home at eighteen for Exeter University.
  • Harry Potter

    Harry Potter
    In 1990 she started writing Harry Potter while she was sitting on a train.
  • English and 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'

    English and 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'
    Jo moved to Portugal to teach English, where she wrote first drafts of Chapters for 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'.
  • Wedding

    Wedding
    In 1993 she married with Jorge Arantes
  • Jessica

    Jessica
    She had a daughter, Jessica, in 1993.
  • Divorce

    Divorce
    In 1995 she divorced from Jorgue Arantes
  • Award

    Award
    In 2003 they gave her the prize Prince of Asturias of Concord.
  • David

    In 2003, his son David was born.
  • 'The Cuckoo's Calling'

    'The Cuckoo's Calling'
    'The Cuckoo's Calling' is released, under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith