What do J.K. Rowlings initial stand for?

Answer 1

It stands for Joanne Kathleen. She actually has no middle name, but she was requested by the publisher to decide upon two initials to go by so that boys wouldn't reject the book because it's written by a woman. She decided the K would stand for Kathleen after her paternal grandmother.

Answer 2

J.K. Rowling's initials stand for Joanne Kathleen. She originally published under the pen name J.K. Rowling to appeal to a gender-neutral audience as she was advised that a book written by a female author might not appeal to the target audience of young boys for her Harry Potter series.

Answer 3

Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Kathleen is not really her middle name she never had one but when publishing the first Harry Potter book her publisher thought males would not wish to read a book written by a woman so she used the name of some one in her family.

Answer 4

She used these initials because her editor believed that "J.K." would appeal to male readers more than "Joanne Kathleen" would.

Answer 5

Joanne Kathleen.