“If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.”

British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter

J. K. Rowling is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. Born Joanne Rowling, she is best known for writing the Harry Potter series, a seven-volume set about a young wizard that became the best-selling book series in history. She also writes the ongoing Cormoran Strike crime novels under the name Robert Galbraith. Her work is closely associated with fantasy and crime fiction, and her name remains tied to two widely read series.