Background On The Author

The authors name is J.K. Rowling. But is also know as Joanne Rowling. She was born on July 31, 1965 in Yates, Gloucestershire, England. She has two parents named Peter James Rowling, and Anne Rowling. She also has one sister and her name is Dianne Rowling. When she was young she would always be writing short fantasy stories as young kid since the age of 4. By the age of 6 she wrote her first real story. Many times she would sit and read her stories to her little sister. During the time when Harry Potter was in the making of a novel, many of the characters you see in the Harry Potter books were a majority based on her life and the people she has met and known while growing up. During the time of writing the first Harry Potter book Joanne's mother died from a 10 year long battle from multiple sclerosis. During the time of her mothers death Joanne was really affected by her passing and put that emotion in to her writing. She was able to put much more detail on Harry's losses in the first book and so one in the series.