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Why did J.K. Rowling go by JK?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Her real name was Joanne Rowling. When she wrote her first Harry Potter book she didn't want the boys to reject it because it was written by a girl. So she made the name J.K. which stands for Joanne Kathrin which was her grandma's name.

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14y ago

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