What does JK in JK Rowling stand for?

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What does JK in JK Rowling stand for?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Rowling's surname is pronounced "rolling" (IPA: /r陊ꮬ??믩.[7] Her full name is "Joanne Rowling", not, as is often assumed, "Joanne Kathleen Rowling". Before publishing her first volume, Bloomsbury feared that the target audience of young boys might be reluctant to buy books written by a female author. They requested that Rowling use two initials, rather than reveal her first name. As she had no middle name, she chose K., from her grandmother's name Kathleen, as the second initial of her pseudonym. The name Kathleen has never been part of her legal name.[8] She calls herself "Jo" and claims, "No one ever called me 'Joanne' when I was young, unless they were angry."[9]