J.K. Rowling has given us books which changed the world. If you have not heard of Harry Potter, you have done a very good job of hiding yourself from it all! The story of a young boy discovering that he is a wizard, to then go on and have fantastical adventures with his two friends Ron and Hermione, has captured the world’s hearts. Children now dream of flying around on their own Nimbus 2000, scoping out the nooks and crannies of their school under an invisibility cloak and having the power to take on the not-so-good in this world!

J.K. Rowling, the writer behind it all, is a role model for all budding writers out there, to never give up on your passions and creativity. She is now the ninth-best-selling fiction author of all time, with 500 million copies of her books estimated to have been sold. She is one of our favourite women that changed the world.