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Subject:
author JK Rowling
Category: Reference, Education and News Asked by: ru61-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
21 Jun 2003 07:08 PDT
Expires: 21 Jul 2003 07:08 PDT Question ID: 220023 |
What does JK stand for in JK Rowling's name?? |
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Re: author JK Rowling
Answered By: leli-ga on 21 Jun 2003 07:28 PDT |
Hello ru61 She's Joanne Kathleen Rowling. "The use of the author's initials instead of her full name was a marketing ploy designed to make her work acceptable to boys, who actively choose not to read books by women." http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2000/0700-savill-telegraph.html On her birth certificate she is just Joanne, without the Kathleen. But in an interview she explained: "Q: Is JK Rowling your real name? JK: My real name is Joanne Rowling. My publishers wanted another initial, so I gave myself my favourite grandmother's name as a middle name - Kathleen." http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/aww/Books/articles/Feature/article244.asp A good day for this question - and for Harry Potter fans! Regards - Leli searches: I already knew the first name so went for: "Joanne * Rowling" ://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22joanne+*+rowling%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta= Then searched with Kathleen and "middle name". |
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Re: author JK Rowling
From: to_be_determined-ga on 21 Jun 2003 12:02 PDT |
On March 2, 2001, Rowling was awarded the medal of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her "services to Children's Literature." The offical etiquette to address her would be "Ms Joanne K Rowling, OBE." http://www.debretts.co.uk/etiquette/post_nominals.html http://www.number-10.gov.uk/files/other/Birthday%20Honours%202000.rtf http://theinternetforum.co.uk/harrypotter/obe.html http://www.wythenews.com/extras/harrypotter.htm |
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