Rowling was born near Bristol, England, the daughter of middle-class parents. She started writing when she was very young, telling stories to her sister, Di, and finishing her first written story when she was six. Rowling's family moved frequently during her childhood, and she underwent the anxieties and insecurities common to many children. "I was quiet, freckly, short-sighted and rubbish at sports," she said in an interview .

As the first book in the amazingly popular new Harry Potter series — with three record-breaking best-sellers to date and one coming out in July — Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone created a huge splash in the publishing world. The small advance of four thousand dollars Rowling received for the book in 1995 was the first drop in the bucket of money that her writing has earned. Harry Potter has proven to be so popular that the publishers are marketing the books both to children and to adults. The first three books have broken record after record as they hold their places at the top of best-selling book lists.

Author of the following, books, stories and novels : Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire plus many others.