Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born on July 31st 1965. Rowling wrote a few stories when she was little. She also moved a few times. In Winterbourne she met a brother and sister whose last name  was Potter. She became a teacher and started to write a book on a wizard. The first name was Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone. The publisher changed the title to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's  Stone. Her books are sold worldwide today!!