The soul-sucking Dementors were inspired by her real-life battle with clinical depression in her 20s.
Before her writing success, she worked as a researcher for Amnesty International, documenting human rights abuses in French-speaking Africa. Rowling, Joanne K rar
Rowling has no middle name. She added the "K" (for Kathleen, her grandmother) after her publisher suggested a gender-neutral pen name to attract male readers. The soul-sucking Dementors were inspired by her real-life