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Rowling has no middle name. She added the "K" (for Kathleen, her grandmother) after her publisher suggested a gender-neutral pen name to attract male readers.

While the train-ride origin is famous, she actually wrote the names of the Hogwarts houses for the first time on an airplane sick bag . Rowling, Joanne K rar

J.K. Rowling (Joanne Rowling) is famously known as the first person to become a billionaire by writing books, but she actually lost her billionaire status in 2012 by donating approximately of her fortune to charity. 🖋️ Rare Writing & Origin Facts Rowling has no middle name

Rowling has confirmed that the character of Hermione Granger is based on her own 11-year-old self—a "know-it-all" bookish child. Rowling, Joanne K rar

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