JK Rowling

The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed by BBC

Jul 24, 202161:47Society & Culture

Joanne Rowling, known as JK Rowling, is known globally for writing one of the best selling book series in history. Harry Potter and his classmates now have their firm place in the collective imagination of a generation o...

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