J.K. Rowling.
J.K. Rowling has received many honors and awards for her writing, including:
Booksellers Association Author of the Year, 1998 and 1999
Children’s Book of the Year, British Book Awards, 1998 and 1999
Order of the British Empire (OBE), 2001
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, Spain, 2003
WH Smith Fiction Award, 2004
Blue Peter Gold Badge, 2007
Commencement Day Speaker, Harvard University, USA, 2008
The Edinburgh Award, 2008
James Joyce Award, University College Dublin, 2008
South Bank Show Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2008
Lifetime Achievement Award, British Book Awards, 2008
Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur: France, 2009
Hans Christian Andersen Award, Denmark, 2010
Freedom of the City of London, 2012
PEN America Literary Service Award, 2016
Companion of Honour, for services to literature and philanthropy, 2017
Work Cited
“J.K. Rowling.” The Biography.com, 02 Apr. 2014,