Robert Galbraith

J.K. Rowling , born in 1965 in Gloucestershire, England, is the author of the Harry Potter series and adult novels.

She grew up writing fantasy stories and was influenced by her great aunt's gift of Jessica Mitford's autobiography.

Rowling had a difficult adolescence and based the character Hermione on herself at age eleven.

She attended Wyedean School and College, where her English teacher remembered her as "not exceptional" but part of a group of bright girls.

Rowling's challenging homelife and teenage experiences influenced her writing.