After many failed attempts, followers finally guessed correctly. [209], To many, Rowling is known for her centre-left political views. "I feel duped and angry at David Cameron's reaction to Leveson". "[242], In December 2019, Rowling tweeted her support for Maya Forstater, a British woman who lost her employment tribunal case against her former employer, the Center for Global Development, after her contract was not renewed due to her comments about transgender people. Il est souvent comparé à Beethoven[2], par le personnage d'Elin notamment. They find evidence of embezzlement against one of the blackmailers, but then their client dies in an apparent suicide. In August 2014, although the firm still has leads to pursue and has finally been able to get an appointment to interview Creed in mid-September, the client and her wife end the contract, but Strike and Robin continue to investigate through the Creed interview -- and strike a double jackpot by both using the information from the Creed interview to find the body of one of Creed's victims and using other information from both the original police investigation and their subsequent investigation to find Margot's body and identify her killer: a nurse who worked for Margot's practice and was herself a serial-killing poisoner. [145], In April 2013, Little Brown published The Cuckoo's Calling, the purported début novel of author Robert Galbraith, whom the publisher described as "a former plainclothes Royal Military Police investigator who had left in 2003 to work in the civilian security industry". [229] The Westboro Baptist Church, in response, stated that if the two got married, they would picket. Cormoran Strike, un vétéran de la guerre devenu détective privé dans un minuscule bureau à Londres, utilise ses connaissances uniques et ses antécédents en tant qu'enquêteur de la Special Investigation Branch, pour résoudre trois cas complexes qui ont échappé à la police. He left some reports of cases, which are cited as the Book of Galbraith by the compiler of James Balfour's Practicks. [100] David Yates directed again, and Kloves returned to write the script. Rowling said that she "nearly died" when she heard the news. [16] Rowling has supported multiple charities, including Comic Relief, One Parent Families, and Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, as well as launching her own charity, Lumos. She said "Jessica Mitford has been my heroine since I was 14 years old, when I overheard my formidable great-aunt discussing how Mitford had run away at the age of 19 to fight with the Reds in the Spanish Civil War", and claims what inspired her about Mitford was that she was "incurably and instinctively rebellious, brave, adventurous, funny and irreverent, she liked nothing better than a good fight, preferably against a pompous and hypocritical target". [264] Rowling has received support from actors Robbie Coltrane[265] and Brian Cox,[266] and some feminists[267] such as activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali[268] and radical feminist Julie Bindel. [29] One of Rowling's maternal great-grandfathers, Dugald Campbell, was a Scottish man from Lamlash. [11] Forbes reported that she lost her billionaire status after giving away much of her earnings to charity. Des voix résonnaient dans la nuit. The investigation soon takes a different, and altogether more gruesome turn when Quine is found dead. Today, such copies are valued between £16,000 and £25,000. Rowling has stated that she has plans for at least another ten. Cormoran Strike is a series of crime fiction novels written by British author J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Rowling also demanded that Coca-Cola, the winner in the race to tie in their products to the film series, donate US$18 million to the American charity Reading Is Fundamental, as well as several community charity programs. In January 2000, Prisoner of Azkaban won the inaugural Whitbread Children's Book of the Year award, though it lost the Book of the Year prize to Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf. The books are the basis of a popular film series, over which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films. royaume-uni [27] Rowling took A-levels in English, French and German, achieving two As and a B[29] and was head girl. Additional scenes were filmed at Barrow in Furness in Cumbria and a petrol station in Leyburn, North Yorkshire.[8]. Rowling, J. K. (17 December 2014). The fourth film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was directed by Mike Newell, and released on 18 November 2005. angleterre ». [91], Harry Potter is now a global brand worth an estimated US$15 billion,[92] and the last four Harry Potter books have consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books in history. Feldman, Roxanne (September 1999). [58] During this period, Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression and contemplated suicide. [21], Lethal White holds a 67% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, and an average score of 5.6/10. Profits from the event were donated to the Haven Foundation, a charity that aids artists and performers left uninsurable and unable to work, and the medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontières. [29][53] Biographers have suggested that Rowling suffered domestic abuse during her marriage,[29][54] which was later confirmed by Rowling herself,[55] and by her first husband, who, in an article for The Sun in June 2020, said he had slapped her and did not regret it. [139], On 3 December 2012, it was announced that the BBC would be adapting The Casual Vacancy into a television drama miniseries. [3] A fourth series, an adaptation of Lethal White, aired as four episodes in August and September 2020.[4]. Robert Galbraith Heath (May 9, 1915 – September 24, 1999) was an American psychiatrist. "[250] The term "people who menstruate" is used to include some trans men and non-binary people who also menstruate. In 2010, Cormoran Strike (b. Nov. 1974)—private detective, ex–Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch investigator and the illegitimate son of famous rock star Johnny Rokeby (the result of an affair with a notorious groupie)—is broke, and his birth father's business agent is calling in the loan that he gave to Strike to open his agency. [22], "C.B. Rowling collaborated on the project, and it is believed she contributed to the scripts. "[16] A reviewer for Digital Spy, who reviewed the first episode, praised both Burke and Grainger's performances. [27] After a year of study in Paris, Rowling graduated from Exeter in 1986. [99] David Yates directed, and Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay, having taken over the position from Steve Kloves.