How old is J.K. Rowling?

(Joanne) J.K.Rowling is an iconic author, screenwriter, producer, and philanthropist famous for creating the book series about Harry Potter. Born in 1965 in the UK, she spent her childhood in quite a poor family, alongside her younger sister. Joanne started feeling that writing was her calling in her early teen ages and began writing plenty of short stories, mainly fantasy and fairy tales. After finishing high school, Joanne studied French Language and Literature at the University of Exeter. For some time she worked in a research department of Amnesty International and continued writing. In the 1990s she came up with the idea of writing a series of books about a school where young children are studying magic. The first book of the series, Happy Potter and the Philosophic Stone came out in 1997, and it was just the beginning of J.K. Rowling's fame. In addition to the 7 famous books about Harry Potter, she also wrote a few books for adults, mainly mystery and crime fiction books. A number of cinema movies have been filmed in Hollywood based on the books of Rowling. She is known as one of the richest authors of the modern times, but she is also known as the one who spends a large share of her incomes on charity. In particular, she supports various health care organizations, as well as her own charity organizations. J.K. Rowling is a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and has a large number of other awards as an author and a social activist.

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