JK Rowling (1965) is a British writer, author of the "Harry Potter" saga, which won over young audiences and sold millions of copies. JK Rowling was born in Yate, England, on July 31, 1965. The daughter of Peter Jolin Rowling and Anne Volant spent her childhood in the city of Chepstow. His parents liked to read and his house was full of books. Since I was a child I wanted to be a writer. He wrote his first fiction book at the age of six: "The Story of a Rabbit Called a Rabbit". JK Rowling studied Classical Languages and French Literature at the University of Exeter. He spent a year in France taking the specialization course. Back in England, she worked as a researcher at Amnesty International in London. During a train ride between Manchester and King's Cross she started writing Harry Potter. In 1991, she left the position of researcher and moved to Porto, Portugal to teach English, but she did not stop writing. He frequented the famous Livraria Lello, located in the historic center of the city, opened in 1906, where he continued the stories.