J.K. Rowling attended St. Michaels primary school for two years in her childhood. She wrote a book as a child that her mother praised and encouraged her to publish. As an author, J.K. Rowling is famous for writing the Harry Potter book series, which includes titles like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She was born to parents Anne Rowling in 1967 and Peter Rowling in 1945.