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JK Rowling to be Known as Lady Rowling -
'PM conjures up a peerage for loyal JK' Summary:
'HARRY potter author JK Rowling is to be offered a peerage by Tony Blair.'
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'HERE'S LADY HOGWARTS
Nov 9 2003
PM conjures up a peerage for loyal JK
Exclusive by Chris Mclaughlin And Gill Smith
HARRY potter author JK Rowling is to be offered a peerage by Tony Blair.
The writer will be made a baroness in recognition of her contribution to literature.
She is being included on a list of new "working peers" drawn up by Mr Blair to bolster the Government in the House of Lords.
A senior MP who has worked on the list said: "JK Rowling is definitely going to be there, if she agrees. She's a long-standing Labour supporter and would be a very valued member of the Lords."
JK's association with Labour is linked to her close friendship with Chancellor Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah. She was among the first visitors to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary last month when their son John was born.
Mum-of-two Rowling, 38, and Sarah met through their mutual interest in charity work and both worked on projects for the National Council for One-Parent Families, for which JK is an ambassador.
Rowling, who launched the boy wizard in 1997, once survived on just £70 benefits and was forced to take refuge in an Edinburgh cafe to keep warm.
It was there that she penned the first of the Harry Potter stories which would make her world-famous. Her books have been published in more than 40 languages earning her a £300million fortune. Last year alone she earned a staggering £125million from sales of the fifth Potter novel the Order of the Phoenix...'
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