Robert Galbraith
Born in Yate, The United Kingdom July 31, 1965. This is a pseudonym for J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy.
NOTE: There is more than one author with this name.
Robert Galbraith - Marine Biologist
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Born in Yate, The United Kingdom July 31, 1965. This is a pseudonym for J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy.
NOTE: There is more than one author with this name.
Robert Galbraith - Marine Biologist
J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than two hundred territories, have been translated into seventy-three languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. She has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry's schoolbooks within the novels. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ageswere published by Scholastic in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. In December 2008, The Tales of Beedle the Bard was published in aid of the Children's High Level Group, and quickly became the fastest-selling book of the year. As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide number of charitable causes through her charitable trust Volant and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.
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