Joanne Rowling (born July 31, 1965) British author; She is most widely known as J. K. Rowling, a pen name devised using Kathleen as a middle name.

Quotes by Rowling

• "If you need to tell your readers something...there are only two characters that you can put it convincingly into their dialogue. One is Hermione, the other is Dumbledore. In both cases you accept, it's plausible that they have, well Dumbledore knows pretty much everything anyway, but that Hermione has read it somewhere. So, she's handy."

• "If I, personally, were Harry Potter I think I would go and hide somewhere, but that's because I know what's coming!"

• "Journalists banging on my front door! Don't like that at all." (when asked what parts of fame she least enjoyed)

• "I think I'd most like to spend a day with Harry. I'd take him out for a meal and apologise for everything I've put him through."

• "I've given you more than I've given anyone else which I probably shouldn't probably say on--on screen, or they'll kidnap and torture him, and we need him." (to Steve Kloves, the screenwriter, on a DVD interview)

See also: The Harry Potter series of stories