History Creator / JKRowling

* ''Literature/CormoranStrikeNovels'' [[MoustacheDePlume as Robert Galbraith]]:

* FunetikAksent: Rowling will often write out dialogue phonetically for characters with more "unusual" accents. Hagrid, Stan Shunpike, Fleur Delacour, Madame Maxime, Viktor Krum and other Durmstrang students get this treatment in ''Literature/HarryPotter'', while characters with Cockney and Northern English accents get it in her ''Literature/CormoranStrikeNovels''.

* FunetikAksent: Rowling will often write out dialogue phonetically for characters with more "unusual" accents. Hagrid, Stan Shunpike, Fleur Delacour, Madame Maxime, Viktor Krum and other Durmstrang students get this treatment in ''Literature/HarryPotter'', while characters with Cockney accents get it in her ''Literature/CormoranStrikeNovels''.

She ended at #83 in ''Series/OneHundredGreatestBritons''.

** [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione]] is based on a younger Rowling. Apparently, she split her personality into three parts when designing the [[THreeAmigos Golden Trio]], but, according to WordOfGod, Hermione is the one with the most aspects of her personality.

Since late 2019, Rowling has been a vocal opponent of self-identification for transgender people. This has attracted controversy and led to further scrutiny of her writing, with many highlighting the presence of questionable tropes such as [[HappinessInSlavery house elves loving their enslavement]] and a perception of [[SpaceJews goblins as antisemitic caricatures]]. In 2023 Rowling would appear in a series of podcasts titled 'The Witch Trials of JK Rowling,' hosted by Megan Phelps-Roper.

Since late 2019, Rowling has been a vocal opponent of self-identification for transgender people. This has attracted controversy and led to further scrutiny of her writing, with many highlighting the presence of questionable tropes such as [[HappinessInSlavery house elves loving their enslavement]] and a perception of [[SpaceJews goblins as antisemitic caricatures]].

** ''Literature/TheInkBlackHeart'' is a book about toxic fandom and the harassment of a female creator by the internet. It was published after Rowling's controversial views on transgender rights led to a social media backlash, although the author herself claimed that such events were purely coincidental and that the book was actually written before she made her views public.

** ''Literature/TheInkBlackHeart'' is a book about toxic fandom and the harassment of a female creator by the internet. It was written after Rowling's controversial views on transgender rights led to a social media backlash, although the author herself claimed that such events were purely coincidental and that the book was actually written before she made her views public.

** ''Literature/TheInkBlackHeart'' is a book about toxic fandom and the harassment of a female creator by the internet. It was written after Rowling's controversial views on transgender rights led to a social media backlash, although the author herself claimed that such events were coincidental and that the book was actually written before she made her views public.

** ''Literature/TheInkBlackHeart'' is a book about toxic fandom and the harassment of a female creator by the internet. It was written after Rowling's controversial views on transgender rights led to a social media backlash.

* Played by Creator/AmyPoehler in a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' [[http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/dumbledore/178704/ sketch following]] the WordOfGay on Dumbledore. Awesome as Amy Poehler is, she's... [[OohMeAccentsSlipping not good at doing a British accent]].

* BlackComedy: All her novels are full of it.
* ClusterFBomb: In all of her adult novels to date. Almost every other word.

Rowling's first post-''Potter'' book was ''Literature/TheCasualVacancy'', released on 27 September 2012 and marketed as her "first novel for adults." After mixed reviews, Rowling followed up with ''Literature/TheCuckoosCalling'', a crime novel starring [[HardboiledDetective hardboiled]] [[PrivateDetective P.I.]] Cormoran Strike. This time, she published under [[MoustacheDePlume a pseudonym]], Robert Galbraith, and [[RefugeInAudacity stayed under the radar]] for ''four months'' before being outed. A sequel, ''Literature/TheSilkworm'' was published in 2014, still under the pen name. Three more novels in the series have since been released.

On 12 September 2013, Creator/WarnerBros announced they will produce a new series of ''Harry Potter'' SpinOff films based on Rowling's ''Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', with the book's fictional author Newt Scamander as the protagonist. It takes place in the same world as ''Harry Potter'', but set 70 years before the events of the first book. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the first two films by herself but Creator/SteveKloves was brought on to help her with the third as a co-writer, though he’d helped enough with the first two to get a producing credit. The series is set to have five instalments with three having been released so far.

After that, history took its course. ''Harry Potter'' is one of the biggest brands in existence today; in an age of [[TheInternet Internet]], {{video games}} and mass {{television}} saturation, Harry made reading cool again. This may be Rowling's most important contribution of all.

* CountryMatters: Oddly enough, she's extraordinarily versatile with the word "cunt", especially in ''Literature/TheCasualVacancy''. Though it should be noted that, while it's still a strong curse word, "cunt" isn't considered ''[[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch quite]]'' as shocking in the UK as it is in the States.
* CreatorBacklash: She's understandably not too happy about her work being the TropeNamer for [[invoked]]DracoInLeatherPants. For the most part, she's laughed it off, but is nonetheless nervous about the influence this mindset might have on young women.

* DearNegativeReader: While Rowling has largely embraced the fandom of Harry Potter, she has gone on record of disliking the [[invoked]]MisaimedFandom that [[DracoInLeatherPants Draco Malfoy]] had developed, and is (understandably) uncomfortable with the more lewd fanfictions, considering how the series revolves around minors.

** The rather infamous ShipSinking [[http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview2.shtml interview with Mugglenet]]. Rowling got attributed with a certain faction of shippers for calling them delusional, when it was actually the interviewers who stated it.

** She actually doesn't even have a middle name. She added the "K" (after her grandmother Kathleen) when Bloomsbury asked her to use her initials, their thinking being that the name "Joanne Rowling" would make boys hesitant to read or buy the book.

* ShownTheirWork: Before she wrote ''Harry Potter'', she once worked as researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International in London. Rowling herself once said in [[http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/06/text-of-j-k-rowling-speech/ her commencement speech at Harvard]] that it gave her a look into various human abuse, a theme that is prevalent in ''Comoran Strike'' books.

Since late 2019, Rowling has been a vocal opponent of self-identification for transgender people. This has led to massive controversy as well as further scrutiny of her writing, with many highlighting the presence of questionable tropes such as [[HappinessInSlavery house elves loving their enslavement]] and a perception of [[SpaceJews goblins as antisemitic caricatures]].

Since late 2019, Rowling has been a vocal opponent of self-identification for transgender people. This has led to further scrutiny of her writing, with many highlighting the presence of questionable tropes such as [[HappinessInSlavery house elves loving their enslavement]] and a perception of [[SpaceJews goblins as antisemitic caricatures]].

Since late 2019, Rowling has garnered massive controversy for her vocal opposition of self-identification for transgender people. This has led to further scrutiny of her writing, with many highlighting the presence of questionable tropes such as [[HappinessInSlavery house elves loving their enslavement]] and a perception of [[SpaceJews goblins as antisemitic caricatures]].

Since late 2019, Rowling has garnered widespread controversy for her vocal opposition of self-identification for transgender people. This has led to further scrutiny of her writing, with many highlighting the presence of questionable tropes such as [[HappinessInSlavery house elves loving their enslavement]] and a perception of [[SpaceJews goblins as antisemitic caricatures]].

Since late 2019, Rowling has been a vocal opponent of self-identification for transgender people. This has led to further scrutiny of her writing, with many highlighting the presence of racist tropes such as [[HappinessInSlavery house elves loving their enslavement]] and a perception of [[SpaceJews goblins as antisemitic caricatures]].

** The first Strike novel carries a spirited denunciation of the British tabloid press (which spent years intruding into Rowling's life--and not always in a peaceful manner, either). The second Strike book [[MostWritersAreWriters revolves around novelists]].
** ''The Ink Black Heart'' is a book about toxic fandom and the harassment of a female creator by the internet. It was written after Rowling's controversial views on transgender rights led to a social media backlash.

** ''The Ink Black Heart'' is a book about toxic fandom and the harassment of a female creator by the internet. She is ultimately killed by [[spoiler:an alt-right fan who was upset that she and her partner had sold their cartoon to be adapted to a film]].

** ''The Ink Black Heart'' is a book about toxic fandom and the harassment of a female creator by the internet. She is ultimately killed by [[spoiler:an alt-right fan]] who was upset that she and her partner had sold their cartoon to be adapted to a film.

Since 2019, she’s attracted controversy for association with the gender critical feminist movement in the UK.

Since late 2019, Rowling has been a vocal opponent of self-identification for transgender people. This has led to further scrutiny of her writing, with many highlighting the presence of racist tropes such as [[HappinessInSlavery house elves loving their enslavement]] and a perception of [[SpaceJews goblins as antisemitic caricatures]].

** More controversially, ''The Ink Black Heart'' involves a content creator being attacked on social media for their opinions, and was written after Rowling's negative views on transgender people had become public and inspired backlash on social media.