Fill in the Blanks J. K. RowlingOnline version Fill in the gaps in this text about J. K. Rowling by Ana Lamas 1 head novels ever English middle train enjoy richest writing future name charitable writing J . K . Rowling is the pen she uses as a writer . The J is for Joanne , her real first name , but she prefers to be called Jo . The K is invented . Her publisher asked her to write using a name with two initials , but she didn't have a name . Jo did a few different things before she thought of the idea of children's books . She worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International and as an teacher in Portugal . The idea for the Harry Potter came from nowhere while she was on a to London . She said , " The characters and situations came flooding into my " . Seven Potter novels later and Rowling is one of the women in the world . In fact , she is the first novelist to become a billionaire from . Her last four books broke records for the fastest sellers in literary history . Today she devotes much of her time to many causes . She famously demanded that Coca - Cola donate $18 million to the 'Reading is Fundamental' charity if it wanted a link to the Potter movies . And what about the ? In March 2008 , she said : " I will continue writing for children because that's what I " .