Born July 31, 1965, in Chipping Sodbury, England; married a journalist (divorced); married an anesthesiologist, December 26, 2001; children: (first marriage) daughter, (second marriage) son and daughter. Education: Graduated from Exeter University, 1987. Addresses: Home: Perthshire, Scotland. Agent: c/o Author Mail, Scholastic, Inc., 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Bloomsbury (London, England), 1997, published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books (New York, NY), 1998.
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Bloomsbury (London, England), 1998, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1999.
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1999.
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2000.
• (Under name Newt Scamander) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, special edition with a foreword by "Albus Dumbledore," Arthur A. Levine Books (New York, NY), 2001.
• (Under name Kennilworthy Whisp) Quidditch through the Ages, Arthur A. Levine Books (New York, NY), 2001.
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2003.
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2005.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2007.
• (And illustrator)The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Sotheby (New York, NY), 2007.