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  2. J. K. Rowling - Wikipedia

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    jkrowling .com. Joanne Rowling CH OBE FRSL ( / ˈroʊlɪŋ / ROH-ling [1]; born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 600 million copies, been translated into 84 languages, and spawned ...

  3. JK Rowling and the row over trans rights: Timeline of author ...

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    JK Rowling has become an increasingly divisive figure in recent years because of her views on transgender people.. In an apparent bid to protect women’s rights, the author, 58, has repeatedly ...

  4. JK Rowling – latest: Trans YouTuber apologises for ...

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    Interviewer Megan Phelps-Roper says podcast was ‘never intended to vindicate’ author over her remarks about the transgender community

  5. Why was J.K. Rowling canceled? The 'Harry Potter' author's ...

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    — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 10, 2020 She revealed in the piece that having been a victim of domestic and sexual violence led her to be "triggered" by some of the conversations around gender.

  6. Legal disputes over the Harry Potter series - Wikipedia

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    series. Since first coming to wide notice in the late 1990s, the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling has been the subject of a number of legal disputes. Rowling, her various publishers and Time Warner, the owner of the rights to the Harry Potter films, have taken numerous legal actions to protect their copyrights, and also have fielded ...

  7. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Wikipedia

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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the Harry Potter series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of ...

  8. JK Rowling: From beloved children’s author to being ... - AOL

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    JK Rowling made a splash in 1997 when her first Harry Potter book series novel was published and became a global sensation, putting the spotlight on the Gloucestershire-born author.

  9. Harry Potter (character) - Wikipedia

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    Harry Potter (character) Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the titular protagonist in J. K. Rowling 's series of eponymous novels. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Harry, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Thus, he attends Hogwarts to practise magic under the guidance ...