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She was born on 31st July 1965 at Yate General Hospital just outside Bristol
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She wrote her first book at the age of six – a story about a rabbit, called ‘Rabbit’.
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At just eleven, she wrote her first novel – about seven cursed diamonds and the people who owned them.
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Jo left home at eighteen for Exeter University.
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In 1990 she started writing Harry Potter while she was sitting on a train.
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Jo moved to Portugal to teach English, where she wrote first drafts of Chapters for 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'.
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In 1993 she married with Jorge Arantes
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She had a daughter, Jessica, in 1993.
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In 1995 she divorced from Jorgue Arantes
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In 2003 they gave her the prize Prince of Asturias of Concord.
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In 2003, his son David was born.
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'The Cuckoo's Calling' is released, under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith