J.K. Rowling Profile Banner
J.K. Rowling Profile
J.K. Rowling

@jk_rowling

14,265,251
Followers
1,174
Following
1,151
Media
18,401
Statuses

Writer sometimes known as Robert Galbraith

Scotland
Joined August 2009
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Pinned Tweet
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
18 days
Believing that people who disagree with you must want you dead is destructive for your own well-being and mental health. I not only want you alive, I want you safe and happy.
Tweet media one
3K
7K
82K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
20 years ago today a world that I had lived in alone was suddenly open to others. It's been wonderful. Thank you. #HarryPotter20
19K
342K
874K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
Oh, piss off.
@Inc
Inc.
6 years
The world's most successful people start their day at 4 a.m.
3K
3K
9K
4K
62K
426K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
3 months
I didn’t compare him to one. He IS one.
@MailOnline
Daily Mail Online
3 months
JK Rowling is accused of cruelty as she mocks transgender football manager by comparing her to a 'straight, white, middle-aged bloke'
Tweet media one
8K
261
2K
14K
43K
423K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
10 months
No.
Tweet media one
30K
40K
402K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
8 years
Well, the fumes from the DVDs might be toxic and I've still got your money, so by all means borrow my lighter.
Tweet media one
5K
111K
364K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
You tiny, tiny, tiny little man.
14K
162K
345K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
It's called 'leadership', Donald. The terrorists were dead 8 minutes after police got the call. If we need an alarmist blowhard, we'll call.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
7 years
At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is "no reason to be alarmed!"
41K
39K
106K
9K
117K
338K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Today's the day Albus Severus Potter boards the Hogwarts Express at King's Cross for the first time #19yearslater ⚡️
3K
154K
331K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
5 years
Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill
41K
91K
310K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Unbelievable. He actually did bring the Middle East together.
Tweet media one
2K
103K
296K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
9 years
There are no words to express how shocked and devastated I am to hear of Alan Rickman's death. He was a magnificent actor & a wonderful man.
3K
230K
287K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
2 years
Deeply amused by those telling me I’ve lost their admiration due to the disrespect I show violent, duplicitous rapists. I shall file your lost admiration carefully in the box where I keep my missing fucks.
15K
24K
288K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
2 years
I'll never know anyone remotely like Robbie again. He was an incredible talent, a complete one off, and I was beyond fortunate to know him, work with him and laugh my head off with him. I send my love and deepest condolences to his family, above all his children.
Tweet media one
3K
27K
287K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
2 years
Men defining what a woman is, what women should and shouldn’t fear, what women should and shouldn’t say, what rights women should be fine with giving up and, of course, what constitutes ‘real’ misogyny: get a bloody mirror. That’s real misogyny, looking right back at you.
18K
49K
281K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
2 years
I read my most recent royalty cheques and find the pain goes away pretty quickly.
Tweet media one
15K
21K
279K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Fill her bucket with old candy left by her great-grandfather, then explain that she has more because she's smarter than all the other kids.
@DonaldJTrumpJr
Donald Trump Jr.
7 years
I’m going to take half of Chloe’s candy tonight & give it to some kid who sat at home. It’s never to early to teach her about socialism.
Tweet media one
63K
16K
61K
3K
66K
275K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
It's that anniversary again. This year, I apologise for killing someone who didn't die during the #BattleofHogwarts , but who laid down his life to save the people who'd win it. I refer, of course, to Dobby the house elf.
5K
76K
274K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
20 days
I think I'm JK Rowling. Who the fuck are you?
Tweet media one
7K
16K
269K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Reported and blocked.
@gabrielmalor
Gabriel Malor
7 years
PEOPLE. Macaroni and cheese is not a good food. It will never be in the category of good food. It sometimes happens when you have kids or you're in college or something. That's it.
2K
1K
5K
2K
63K
239K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
I still have access. I'll DM them to you.
@StephenKing
Stephen King
7 years
Trump has blocked me from reading his tweets. I may have to kill myself.
11K
63K
236K
2K
60K
233K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
4 years
If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.
36K
40K
222K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
8 years
He. Is. A. Terrorist. Not. A. Lone. Wolf.
Tweet media one
2K
135K
218K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha someone told him how to spell 'pore' hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Tweet media one
5K
39K
214K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
People keep retweeting these Obama anniversary tweets into my timeline and it's like stumbling on pictures of the ex who broke your heart.
@FXMC1957
Prof. Frank McDonough
7 years
6 November 2012. Barack Obama was re-elected as US President, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
Tweet media one
160
5K
13K
1K
57K
202K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
1 year
'Cis' is ideological language, signifying belief in the unfalsifiable concept of gender identity. You have a perfect right to believe in unprovable essences that may or may not match the sexed body, but the rest of us have a right to disagree, and to refuse to adopt your jargon.
11K
34K
204K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Because you had a premonition that one day the author would roar with laughter at seeing you called out for your bullshit on live TV?
@piersmorgan
Piers Morgan
7 years
This is why I've never read a single word of Harry Potter.
3K
1K
4K
3K
50K
201K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
. @piersmorgan If only you'd read Harry Potter, you'd know the downside of sucking up to the biggest bully in school is getting burned alive.
4K
50K
198K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
8 years
*sighs* Well, who knows? If I try harder, I might be reincarnated as a lonely virgin hiding behind a cartoon frog.
Tweet media one
3K
53K
198K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
3 months
Calling a man a man is not 'bullying' or 'punching down.' Crossdressing straight men are currently one of the most pandered-to demographics in existence, and women are under no obligation to applaud the people caricaturing us.
5K
25K
200K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
9 years
How horrible. Voldemort was nowhere near as bad.
@BBCNewsbeat
BBC Newsbeat
9 years
This is why people are calling American businessman, Donald Trump, Lord Voldemort
Tweet media one
241
2K
3K
3K
187K
183K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
4 months
You’ve asked me several questions on this thread and accused me of avoiding answering, so here goes. I believe a woman is a human being who belongs to the sex class that produces large gametes. It’s irrelevant whether or not her gametes have ever been fertilised, whether or not
Tweet media one
13K
36K
190K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
2 years
25 years ago today, I saw Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in a bookstore (Waterstones, Prince's Street, Edinburgh) for the very first time. It was one of the best moments of my life. Thank you, @BloomsburyBooks , for taking a chance on a total unknown. 1/2
Tweet media one
4K
16K
186K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
OK, here it is. Please don't start flame wars over it, but this year I'd like to apologise for killing (whispers)... Snape. *runs for cover*
6K
71K
180K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
Hi David! You seem to be struggling to make your fictional European friend sound authentic. Try something a *real* European might say, like 'we don't have armed school guards,' 'we don't sell kids assault rifles' or, more simply, 'don't use me to argue for more guns, Dave.'
Tweet media one
3K
38K
178K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
Sweetheart, if you read the whole of Harry Potter and thought the author would support an authoritarian braggart who's too dumb to know how dumb he is, burn away. And so will I.
Tweet media one
4K
24K
173K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
One good thing about that abomination of a speech: it's now impossible for any Trump supporter to pretend they don't know what he is.
4K
53K
168K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
21 days
Amazed this still needs saying, but some don't seem to have got the memo. If calling me 'transphobe' and 'fascist' was going to scare me out of speaking up for women's rights, it would have happened years ago. Whatever the square root of not giving a fuck is, that's where I am.
6K
17K
173K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Yes, watching Piers Morgan being told to fuck off on live TV is *exactly* as satisfying as I'd always imagined.
@ditzkoff
Dave Itzkoff
7 years
Please enjoy this clip of @jimjefferies going to town on Piers Morgan on Real Time.
2K
33K
77K
3K
50K
160K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
1 year
Dreadful news, which I feel duty bound to share. Activists in my mentions are trying to organise yet another boycott of my work, this time of the Harry Potter TV show. As forewarned is forearmed, I've taken the precaution of laying in a large stock of champagne.
12K
13K
163K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
I just made up the phrase 'batshit crazy.'
@BeardedGenius
Nooruddean
7 years
Donald Trump is actually trying to take credit for the word 'fake'
2K
14K
30K
3K
41K
160K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
5 months
That's my career over, then.
Tweet media one
12K
9K
163K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
Love > Hate
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
3K
27K
158K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
2 years
Citation needed.
Tweet media one
11K
10K
154K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Narrator's voice: Roy was right. God was in control. What he didn't realise was, She's black.
@CNN
CNN
7 years
Roy Moore refuses to concede, says "we also know that God is in control"
2K
380
1K
3K
36K
152K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
I do'nt care what Kids at School call me because they are all Disgusting Fake Losers and my Real Friends go to a diffrent Scool you haven't heard of and they think Im the Coolest and Smartest and we go to parties and I don't have to tell you there Names for this to be True.
Tweet media one
3K
28K
151K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Your professor appears to be what people of my generation call 'a bit of a dick.'
@alltoomeghan
megs🤍ERAS TAYRONTO N5
7 years
my professor says that people under the age of 25 who say they are stressed, are lying because "there's no such thing as stress at such a young age". RT if you're under 25 and are stressed af.
1K
107K
91K
675
37K
149K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
4 years
When you find out who it was, let us know. I want to give them a year’s salary.
@cabinetofficeuk
Cabinet Office
4 years
An unauthorised tweet was posted on a government channel this evening. The post has been removed and we are investigating the matter.
19K
4K
16K
3K
24K
149K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
2 years
Some may find the outpouring of British shock and grief at this moment quaint or odd, but millions felt affection and respect for the woman who uncomplainingly filled her constitutional role for seventy years. 1/2
3K
8K
148K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
I've never felt worse about that thing I did to Hedwig.
@kgriggs77
Karli
6 years
Props of being the cool aunt and RLLY pushing a costume idea @jk_rowling
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
169
3K
22K
779
16K
144K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Truly, whom amongst us can forget Trump ordering the killing of bin Laden? Or Obama bragging about barging in on naked beauty contestants?
Tweet media one
2K
43K
140K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
10 months
Kidnapping children is despicable and wholly unjustifiable. For obvious reasons, this picture has hit home with me. May Noya and all hostages taken by Hamas be returned soon, safely, to their families.
@Israel
Israel ישראל
10 months
This beautiful 12 year old girl with autism was kidnapped from her home by Hamas terrorists and was taken to Gaza. Noya, is sensitive, kind, funny and a massive Harry Potter fan. @jk_rowling can you help us get her story out? Share this and help us bring Noya home ♥️
Tweet media one
6K
14K
41K
15K
21K
141K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Close your eyes. Open a telephone directory. Point at the page. Open your eyes. That's the name of the person who could do better than this.
@JTiloveTX
jonathantilove
7 years
. @realDonaldTrump "Harvey. It sounds like such an innocent name, but isn't."
Tweet media one
1K
2K
5K
2K
48K
138K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
Made all my own money, never been investigated for collusion and can go a whole sentence without lying. Swings and roundabouts.
Tweet media one
4K
16K
138K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
I’m in a meeting with Warner Bros and I can’t really concentrate because look
Tweet media one
1K
14K
139K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
10 months
We said ‘never again.’ The UK was a safe haven. Now, after the biggest massacre of Jews since the holocaust, British Jewish children are being advised to hide their identities as they walk to school, for their own safety. There should be mass outrage that this is necessary.
Tweet media one
7K
30K
134K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Watching Die Hard. Alan Rickman really was insanely great. 💔
3K
11K
132K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Thread 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@JuliusGoat
A.R. Moxon
7 years
Imagine if these people ever faced actual oppression.
Tweet media one
5K
190K
357K
592
63K
130K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
2 years
It's a donkey, though.
Tweet media one
19K
7K
131K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
9 years
My thoughts are with Rima and the rest of Alan's family. We have all lost a great talent. They have lost part of their hearts.
869
76K
129K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
8 years
*its*
Tweet media one
928
27K
130K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
8 years
The existence of Twitter is forever validated by the following exchange.
Tweet media one
746
65K
128K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
I am a strong, independent woman. Also, thanks very much to my husband for dealing with this so I could go through the door it was blocking.
Tweet media one
4K
21K
128K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *draws breath* hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
2K
26K
125K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Very much enjoying the German press at the moment. "Earth to Trump..."
Tweet media one
2K
45K
124K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
1 year
My one-year-old son just looked up from Twitter and said, 'Mummy, why have you made these very real children sad with your heinous yet unevidenced bigotry?' Then he ran upstairs and burned all his Potter books. I was so damn ashamed I almost forgot the kid was imaginary.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
9K
11K
125K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
'Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.' Abraham Lincoln
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
2K
47K
123K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
1 year
Going to have to pass, @joshuaddsilva . Last time I sucked something that tiny it got stuck between my front teeth. #irritating
Tweet media one
9K
9K
121K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Fun evening ❤️
Tweet media one
769
17K
121K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
5 months
I'm so sick of this shit. This is not a woman. These are #NotOurCrimes
@SkyNews
Sky News
5 months
BREAKING: A woman who filmed herself killing a cat before putting the animal in a blender has been jailed for life for murdering a man four months later Read more: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
7K
1K
7K
4K
19K
123K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
'Mommy was mean to me and I don't wanna hold her hand no more.'
Tweet media one
2K
40K
119K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
Yes.
@Isaac_r_w
Isaac Walton
6 years
Does anyone else feel super old knowing the world is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter? 😳 📚 🤓
89
585
3K
939
14K
120K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
Harry Potter was first published in the US 20 years ago today, so I’m sending lots of love to American Potterheads, who’ve given me some of the most memorable moments of my Potter-related life! @Scholastic #HarryPotter20 🇺🇸 ⚡️❤️
3K
19K
120K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
8 years
Guess it's true what they say: you can lead a girl to books about the rise and fall of an autocrat, but you still can't make her think.
Tweet media one
4K
36K
118K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
4 months
I hope every woman in Scotland who wishes to speak up for the reality and importance of biological sex will be reassured by this announcement, and I trust that all women - irrespective of profile or financial means - will be treated equally under the law.
6K
20K
119K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
Second hand bookstores are always full of surprises but I did not see this one coming.
Tweet media one
1K
12K
117K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
Well done on reducing one of the greatest sportswomen alive to racist and sexist tropes and turning a second great sportswoman into a faceless prop.
4K
23K
113K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
She got shot, she watched her friends die, she stood up in front of millions, threw up out of nerves, laughed about it, then finished her speech. #SamFuentes , there are no words ❤️
@THR
The Hollywood Reporter
6 years
Parkland student Sam Fuentes at #MarchForOurLives : "I just threw up on international television, and it feels great!"
397
4K
19K
834
23K
113K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
3 months
You’ve seen nothing yet. Wait til I hit rock bottom. It’s going to be spectacular.
Tweet media one
4K
7K
113K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
10 months
Now let the snivelling apologists for rape, murder and torture explain how this, too, was justified.
@i24NEWS_EN
i24NEWS English
10 months
'About 40 babies were taken out on gurneys... Cribs overturned, strollers left behind, doors left wide open' Our correspondent @Nicole_Zedek continues to survey the horror scenes left behind in Kibbutz Kfar Aza where Hamas invaded and murdered dozens of Israelis in their homes
3K
7K
14K
9K
21K
111K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
1 year
Very excited to announce that after a long stretch of being Literally Hitler I've become Ideologically Stalin. With luck, hard work and your continued support, I believe I can make Vlad the Impaler by Christmas. 🙏❤️
Tweet media one
7K
9K
110K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
The fact-free, amoral, bigotry-apologism of celebrity toady Piers Morgan is, of course, why it's so delicious to see him told to fuck off.
@piersmorgan
Piers Morgan
7 years
The superior, dismissive arrogance of rabid Remain/Clinton supporters like @jk_rowling is, of course, precisely why both campaigns lost.
1K
1K
3K
2K
26K
108K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
9 years
I'm in Edinburgh, so could somebody at King's Cross wish James S Potter good luck for me? He's starting at Hogwarts today. #BackToHogwarts
2K
90K
109K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
8 years
Once again, it's the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts so, as promised, I shall apologise for a death. This year: Remus Lupin.
2K
74K
108K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
4 years
God, I hope you don't, because whenever somebody burns a Potter book the royalties vanish from my bank account. And if the book's signed, one of my teeth falls out.
Tweet media one
2K
8K
109K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
8 years
Well, there you have it. A highly intelligent, experienced woman just debated a giant orange Twitter egg. Your move, America. #debate
2K
40K
107K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
9 days
High court rules the UK ban on puberty blockers is lawful. We seem, at last, to be moving back to treatment for vulnerable youth based on evidence-based medicine, as opposed to the unevidenced claims of ideological lobby groups.
2K
15K
113K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Islam doesn't kill people. People kill people.
Tweet media one
3K
63K
105K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
8 years
One way or another, history will surely be made tonight. Let it be the good kind. Please, please let it be the good kind. #ElectionNight
2K
42K
105K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
5 months
❤️💐Happy Birthing Parent Day to all whose large gametes were fertilised resulting in small humans whose sex was assigned by doctors making mostly lucky guesses ❤️💐
6K
10K
104K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
4 years
No quote tweeting, but if you're a 'life coach' who's on here implying people are losers if they aren't learning a new skill/building a brand while on lockdown, maybe stop. People have challenges you know nothing about. Sometimes getting through something is more than enough.
2K
19K
102K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Nothing expresses calm confidence better than a caps-locked scream of 'DO SOMETHING!'
Tweet media one
3K
23K
98K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
10 years
It's the 16th anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. I'm having a moment's silence over my keyboard. I hated killing some of those people.
3K
97K
99K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Nothing to worry about here. Just the man with the nuclear codes, keeping us all updated on which insulting hashtag he's considering next.
Tweet media one
2K
33K
99K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
4 months
🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉 Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them. In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their
5K
33K
101K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
6 years
‘And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.’ — George Orwell, 1984
@PressSec45
Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived
6 years
We stand by our decision to revoke this individual’s hard pass. We will not tolerate the inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video.
67K
17K
62K
2K
31K
99K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
2 years
I can't lie, I just laughed so loudly I scared the dogs.
Tweet media one
2K
9K
97K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
4 months
Scotland's Hate Crime Act comes into effect today. Women gain no additional protections, of course, but well-known trans activist Beth Douglas, darling of prominent Scottish politicians, falls within a protected category. Phew! 1/11
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
5K
24K
100K
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
7 years
Twitter’s destroyed its USP. The whole point, for me, was how inventive people could be within that concise framework. #Twitter280characters
3K
19K
98K