2007-03-29 13:20:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Her full name is "Joanne Rowling", not, as is often assumed, "Joanne Kathleen Rowling".
The reason: Before publishing her first volume, Bloomsbury feared that the target audience of young boys might be reluctant to buy books written by a female author. She insisted that she use two initials, rather than reveal her first name. As she had no middle name, she chose K from her grandmother's name Kathleen, as the second initial of her pseudonym. The name Kathleen has never been part of her legal name.
I hope that helped!
2007-03-29 13:25:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HIM = 'His Infernal Majesty'
JK in JK Rowling = Joanne "Kathleen"
2007-03-29 20:25:57 · answer #2 · answered by Twiztnin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her birth name was Joanne Rowling, the K doesn't stand for anything.
HIM is short for His Infernal Majesty.
2007-03-29 20:25:35 · answer #3 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HIM stands for his infernal Majesty
and its Joanne Rowling
2007-03-29 20:33:02 · answer #4 · answered by Manly McSexy/masteroftheuniverse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her name is Joanne Rowling and HIM means His Infernal Majesty
2007-03-29 20:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by Courtlyn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um..I'm not sure. I read the J.K. Rowling books but never stopped to think about it. As for HIM? I once heard somewhere that it stands for His Internal Majesty or something like that? But like I said I'm not sure...
Have you checked there Myspace? It may be on there
2007-03-29 20:25:26 · answer #6 · answered by Ericka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HIM stands for "His Infernal Majesty".
JK could stand for any kind of first and middle name combined and abbreviated. For instance "Jennifer Kate" (a wild guess, not what I think the name is). and I'm not sure what it stands for.
2007-03-29 20:24:29 · answer #7 · answered by Mike K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JKR stands for Joann Kathleen Rowling
can't say about the other one
2007-03-29 20:25:11 · answer #8 · answered by f3so4 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋