Curiosities of JK Rowling
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The dementors were made to symbolize JK Rowling's depression. At 20, after her mother's death, the writer had to face severe depression.
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JK Rowling is the first person to become a billionaire for writing books and even entered the list of billionaires of the American magazine Forbes, with an estimated fortune of 1 billion dollars.
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Harry Potter was born on July 31, 1980, the same day that JK was born.
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The editor at JK suggested that she use the initials instead of her real name, “Joanne Rowling”, to get the attention of male readers as well. She chose JK, using the letter K from her grandmother's name, Kathleen. However, neither “Kathleen” nor the letter “K” is part of its legal name.
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Rowling said in an interview that if her mother had not died so soon, she probably would never have written the books.
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JK took his first steps as a screenwriter when he wrote the script for fantastic animals and where to find them.
