“'The truth.' Dumbledore sighed. “It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.” (JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 298).”Those few words of wisdom come from the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The Harry Potter books are works of art, written by JK Rowling; a woman with an impressive life who greatly influenced her writings, especially those of the Potter series. JK Rowling's real name is Joanne Rowling. When she was about to publish her first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Jo's publisher decided that a female author wouldn't appeal as much to young male readers and suggested she change her name. He instead used the extra initial K, for his favorite grandmother Kathleen, who died shortly before the book was finished. (Biography). Rowling's parents had met in King's Cross, which later influenced her decision to use this location in her books. When her mother was twenty she had Jo in Chipping Sodbury, England; the date was July 31, 1965, the same day the fictional character Harry Potter was born. A year and eleven months later Jo's sister Di was born. When Jo was four, she and her family moved to Winterbourne. This is where he fell in love with the name Potter. A boy in her neighborhood had Potter as a last name, and since Jo was always teased for her name, "Rowling Stone", she often fantasized about having the last name Potter. Here in Winterbourne he also met Sean Harris “getaway driver and bad weather friend (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, dedication)”, to whom the book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is dedicated. He owned a Ford Angila, which also plays the role of bringing the boys, Harry and Ron, into a difficult situation, and then getting them out of an even more complicated situation. Jo attended