She does not suffer bullies.
“You’re an idiot.”
She gives huge donations to charity.
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So much that itknocked her offForbes billionaires list.
She touts great social causes on social media.
For example, she’s tweeted support for imprisoned Saudi Arabian bloggerReif Badawiand Irelandslegalization of gay marriage.
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Her Easter egg-loaded website is amazing.
Laid out like the Marauders Map,JKRowling.comfeatures a timeline of Rowlings projects as well as personal background.
Shes kind to her fans.
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Rowling always seems ready to answer their questions,no matter how randomor specific.
Shes still apologizing for the series most tragic moments.
We miss you,Snape.
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She comes up with the best character names ever.
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, anyone?
She stood up to publishers and retained her own ebook rights.
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Herchoice to self-publishtheHarry Potterebooks forces retailers to forgo their commission when fulfilling sales of the ebooks.
She has a weakness for photos of pets dressed up asHarry Pottercharacters.
Don’t we all?
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She took all the young actors from the movies under her wing.
If you have 50 minutes to spare,this conversationbetween Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe is definitely worth a watch.
She cares about children in need.
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In 2004, she founded the organizationLumos, to help children who have been unfairly institutionalized get better care.
She and Harry share a birthday.
Harry, for his part, would be 37 today.
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She did her research when coming up with the names of spells.
They’re not just nonsense.
Rowling looked at alchemy and the history of languages to craft her magic words.
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She did the same thing when figuring out how wands would work and studied the lore behind different woods.
Harry’s holly and phoenix feather wand wasn’t random!
Hufflepuff haters, sit down.
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She’seven saidon Pottermore that in many ways, it’s her favorite House.
She invented Quidditch and supports the Muggle version of the sport!
Learn how to playhere.
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Shes a great artist.
Although all the editions ofHarry Potterhave used other illustrators,Rowlings not badatsketching her own characters.
Recently,an annotated versionofSorcerers Stonewith Rowlings sketches was auctioned for charity.
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She finished the firstHarry Potteron a manual typewriter.
She pushed for all the film actors to be British.
So the movies' perfect casts were all Brits.
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She writes under a pseudonym, Robert Galbraith, and sometimes tweets at him.
She bothtweetsas herself about her “good friend” Galbraith, and occasionallypostsunder the pseudonym.
Shes invited die-hard fans to her house.
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Even better than a visit to the Burrow!
She wrote the screenplay forFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Thescript was then publishedfor fans to read.
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She proved anyone can take control of their life.
Thanks to work ethic and imagination, she went on to become a celebrated author.
She wrote much of the firstHarry Potterwhile sitting in coffee shops, on the backs of napkins.
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Probably while she sipped a warm Butterbeer.
Though she didnt write the script forThe Cursed Child,she considers it part of theHarry Pottercanon.
Shewarned early audiencesagainst spoiling thecontinued adventuresof Harry and co. for everyone else.
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Shes completely mastered Twitter.
For someone who very rarely makes public appearances, shemakes herself accessibleto her followers.
She built a circular stone “Hagrid Hut” on the grounds of her Scottish estate.
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Presumably she eats tea and rock cakes in thereal-life versionof Hagrid’s on-campus digs.
She gave them to the people most closely involved in the series.
(A seventh handmade copy was auctioned for charity.)
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Proceeds from the books' sales went toComic Relief; they raised millions.
She hasn’t readFifty Shades of Grey.
Shes not-so-secretly addicted to reading whodunits.
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And she’swritten some, too!
She once gave the best commencement speech weve ever heard.
She said in a parallel universe, shes Zayn Malik.
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She plays Minecraft…
…withmonsters on.
She is a huge sports fan.
She loves tennis (we know she’s a Serena Williams fan) and especiallyrugby.
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She knows Portuguese and has a degree in French.
Shes only gotten writers block once.
Her Meyers-Briggs punch in is INFJ.
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According to some guesses, it’s the sametypeas Remus Lupin.
She wrote four editions ofThe Daily Prophet.
They were printed and distributed by Bloomsbury to the Harry Potter Fan Club.
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She owns a “Horcruxes Got Soul” t-shirt.
“But I don’t wear it out much,” shetweeted.
True coolness is the incidental by-product of higher pursuits.
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There she goes again,dropping wisdom on Twitter.
She tweets with Lin-Manuel Miranda.
She offered to help pal Stephen King after Trump blocked him on Twitter.
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I still have access.
Ill DM them to you, shetweetedto King.
She made Hogwarts tuition-free and subsidized by the Ministry of Magic so all witches and wizards could attend.
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Imagine if the Weasleys hadnt been ableto afford it!
She was an outspoken Brexit opponent.
She published an essay entitled “On Monsters, Villains and the EU Referendum” on herwebsite.
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She gives writing advice to aspiring authors.
So break out your best quill andget writing!
She stands up against sexism.
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She hasno tolerancefor “Liberal Cool Guys” who use sexist insults.
She isn’t afraid to fight trolls like Piers Morgan.
It was a Twitterfeudfor the ages.
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Shes playful and interactive with fans.
For example, she recently sent them on ahilarious huntfor the title of the nextCormoran Strikenovel.
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