J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling

Earnings
$17 M As of May 2012
At a Glance
  • Author
  • Age: 47
  • Source of Wealth: Harry Potter, self-made
  • Country of Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Exeter
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Children: 3
Forbes Lists
  • #61 in 2011
    Profile

    Harry Potter's creator moves into the big kids' section. Rowling's first adult offering, a dark comedy titled "The Casual Vacancy," is due to be published in the UK and US this September. But the first billionaire author is still earning off of the young wizard. The books finally became available in digital form in 2012 via the online store Pottermore, with Rowling, who shrewdly held onto e-book rights rather than sign them over to her publishers, pocketing much of the sale price. The Pottermore store did over $4 million in sales in its first month. To date, she is the only author to have negotiated such a deal. 2012 marks the 15th anniversary in the UK of "Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone" (Note: The US edition titled "'The Sorcerer's Stone" was published in 1998); the book was published with an initial print-run of just 500 hardback copies in 1997, which was standard at the time for a first novel. First edition copies have since sold for over $30,000. [...] more

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