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It frightened people when you were honest it shocked them.
J. K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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Gloucestershire
Joanne Jo Murray
Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Robert Galbraith
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