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Joanne Kathleen Rowling est l'auteur de Harry Potter, la saga de tous les records. Lus et aimés dans le monde entier, les sept romans ont été traduits dans 79 langues, vendus à plus de 450 millions d'exemplaires, couronnés de nombreux prix littéraires et adaptés en 8 films à succès.

J.K. Rowling a également publié trois ouvrages dans l'univers de Harry Potter, dont les droits d'auteur sont reversés à des oeuvres de bienfaisance : Le Quidditch à travers les âges, Les Animaux fantastiques, et Les Contes de Beedle le Barde. Elle a signé par ailleurs le scénario du film inspiré des Animaux fantastiques, et a contribué à l'écriture d'une pièce de théâtre, Harry Potter et l'Enfant Maudit.

En 2012, J.K. Rowling a lancé Pottermore, un site internet où les fans peuvent découvrir de nouveaux textes et s'immerger dans le monde des sorciers.

J.K. Rowling écrit aussi pour les adultes, notamment des romans policiers sous le pseudonyme de Robert Galbraith.

Pour ses services rendus à la littérature jeunesse, J.K. Rowling a reçu des prix et récompenses prestigieux, dont l'ordre d'Officier de l'Empire britannique, la Légion d'honneur et le prix Hans Christian Andersen.

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J.K. Rowling is best known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were published between 1997 and 2007. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione have gone on to sell over 500 million copies, be translated into over 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of Lumos. J.K. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London in 2016 and is now playing worldwide. In the same year, she made her debut as a screenwriter with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander, which was inspired by the original companion volume. J.K. Rowling has also written a standalone novel, The Casual Vacancy, and is the author of the Strike crime series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Both have been adapted for television. In 2020 J.K. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Her latest children's novel The Christmas Pig, a standalone adventure story, was published in 2021. She has received many awards and honours, including an OBE and a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy. She lives in Scotland with her family.