Ms J K Rowling, OBE

Career: children's writer; chair Lumos; commencement speaker Harvard Univ 2008; hon degree: Napier Univ, Dartmouth Coll USA, Univ of Exeter, Univ of St Andrews, Harvard Univ, Univ of Aberdeen; FRSL; Prince of Asturias Award for Concord Spain 2003, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur 2009

Books and Publications: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000), Quidditch Through the Ages (2001), Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (2001), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007), The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008), The Casual Vacancy (2012); Awards incl: FCBG Children's Book Award, Birmingham Cable Children's Book Award, The Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Medal 9-11 Years 1997, 1998 and 1999, Premio Cento per la Letteratura Infantile 1998, British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year 1998 and 1999, The Sheffield Children's Book Award, Sorciéres Prix 1999, Author of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award Br Book Award 1999 and 2008, Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2000, W H Smith Children's Book of the Year 2000 and 2003, W H Smith Fiction Award 2004, W H Smith Book of the Year 2006, Outstanding Achievement Award South Bank Show Award 2008, The Edinburgh Award 2008, The James Joyce Award UC Dublin 2008