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J. K. Rowling's ethnicity/nationality has been discussed
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here. Current consensus is that she is British, and that whether she is also English, Scottish or Welsh has no bearing on her work or her biography, and is best not discussed.
The topic of her middle name has been discussed
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here. Her full name is simply Joanne Rowling; she contracted the first name and chose the middle initial K from her grandmother's name, Kathleen, in order to remove the gender association from her own name.
Her married name has been discussed
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here,
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here. She uses her married name, Murray, for private business, but her maiden name, "Rowling", is used here, as it is the one by which she is
most widely known.
The pronunciation of her name has been discussed
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here and
here. She has commented that her name is pronounced like bowling and not like howling.
Allegations that she supports communism in the series have been discussed
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here,
here,
here and
here. She has not publicly espoused any such views; attempts to describe such views in her works have been rejected as
original research of published material.
If you have a question relating to the spelling in this article (such as "instalment"/"installment") remember that this article is written in British English.