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J. K. Rowling (Joanne Rowling)

(born 1965) A British novelist best known as the author of the "Harry Potter" fantasy series. A pen name (J. K. Rowling) devised using her grandmother's name, "Kathleen" as a middle name. She has also written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a series of films which became the highest-grossing film series in history.

Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.