J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling (full name Joanne Kathleen Rowling) is the author of the popular Harry Potter book series.

She was born on July 31, 1965, in Chipping Sodbury, England.^[1] She has said that "the idea for Harry Potter simply fell into [her] head" while riding a train from Manchester to London in 1990.^[2]

In 2008, Rowling gave the commencement address at Harvard University.^[3]

Rowling is firmly liberal in her politics, and despite being from the UK, has supported both Hillary Clinton and Obama, stating "I want a Democrat in the White House. And it seems a pity that Clinton and Obama are rivals because both are extraordinary." ^[4] Her books were written while she was a divorced single mother, living on welfare benefits provided by the government, while she worked the minimum necessary to maintain her benefits.^[5] Rowling also worked for the Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay, Anti-Israel Human "Rights" organization Amnesty International,^[6] and donated 1 million pounds (1.6 million dollars) to the No campaign when Scotland was thinking about leaving the UK.^[7] Being staunchly pro-abortion, she has attacked U.S. President Donald Trump for reinstating a ban on giving American taxpayer money to international groups that perform abortions.^[8] In spite of these things, however, she does oppose transgenderism, according to her tweets.^[9]

• J.K Rowling Makes Dumbledore Gay, Pew News. February 3, 2018.