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).
She has three children. Her eldest is a daughter, Jessica, by her first marriage to Portuguese journalist Jorge Arantes. Jessica is now about 21 years old. Rowling and her first husband divorced while Jessica was still a baby, and Rowling left Portugal and brought her daughter back to the UK.