Joanne Rowling was born in Yate, near Bristol, a few miles south of a town called Dursley (Harry Potter's Muggle-family). Her father Peter Rowling was an engineer for Rolls Royce in Bristol at this time. Her mother, Anne, was half-French and half-Scottish. They met on a train as it left King's Cross Station in London. Her sister Diana is about 2 years younger than Joanne. In 1971, Peter Rowling moved his family to the nearby village of Winterbourne (still in the Bristol vicinity). During the ...[Read Story]
JK Rowling: The Interview
(2003)
