Full Property Details for 795 Hammond Drive #603. 1  Sold For: $122,000. 2  HOA FEE: $311. 3  Taxes: $899 (2014)  Status: 1  Closed. Type: Condo /Townhouse.  MLS ID: 1  5555849. Added: 656 day(s)  ago.
Early Struggles. Joanne Rowling, best known as J.K. Rowling, was born on July 31, 1965, in Yate, England. She adopted her pen name, J.K., incorporating her grandmother's name, Kathleen, for the latter initial (Rowling does not have a middle name).
Joanne Rowling, 41, who wrote her first novel whilst unemployed and living on state benefits with her daughter in Edinburgh, became the first US billionaire to make her money via books in 2004.