His/Her biography
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Rowling was born Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965, in Yate,
England. She adopted her pen name, J.K., incorporating her grandmother's
name, Kathleen, for the latter initial (Rowling does not have a middle name).
J.K. Rowling, is a British author and screenwriter best known
for her seven-book Harry Potter children's book series. The series has sold
more than 500 million copies and was adapted into a blockbuster film
franchise.
A film version of Rowling’s first book, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone, was released in November 2001 and was directed by Chris
Columbus and starred Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
In its opening weekend in the U.S., the film debuted on a
record 8,200 screens and smashed the previous box-office record, earning an
estimated $93.5 million ($20 million more than the previous record-holder,
1999's The Lost World: Jurassic Park). It ended the year as the top-grossing
movie of 2001.
'Fantastic Beasts' Film Series
In 2013, Rowling announced a new film series with Warner Bros.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Rowling explained that the movies, based
on her 2001 Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, would
draw from "the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so
happy for 17 years," but "is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the
'Harry Potter' series, but an extension of the wizarding world."
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