J. K. Rowling
(1965–),born in Yate, South Gloucestershire, she took a degree in French at Exeter University. On a long train ride in 1990, the idea came to her of a series of children's books about a boy who is a ...
Potter, Harry Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)
hero of the children's fantasy stories by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter, who has been grudgingly brought up by his aunt and uncle, attends ...