Harry Potter was written by an Englishwoman.
Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling . Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series , written by British author J. K. Rowling . J. K. Rowling . Born in Yate , Gloucestershire , England , Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990 . She is the United Kingdom 's best-selling living author , with sales in excess of # 238M .