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 was born in July 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehensive.