Editing J. K. Rowling (section)

== Awards and honours ==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by J. K. Rowling}}
[[File:Jk-rowling-crop.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Rowling receiving an [[honorary doctorate]] from the [[University of Aberdeen]], 2006]]
Rowling's ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series has won awards for general literature, children's literature, and [[speculative fiction]]. It has earned multiple [[British Book Awards]], beginning with the [[National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year|Children's Book of the Year]] for the first two volumes, ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|Philosopher's Stone]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets|Chamber of Secrets]]''.{{sfn|Nel|2001|pp=72–73}} The third novel, ''[[Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', was nominated for an adult award, the [[Whitbread Book of the Year]], where it competed against the [[Nobel Prize]] laureate [[Seamus Heaney]]'s [[Beowulf: A New Verse Translation|translation of ''Beowulf'']]. The award body gave Rowling the children's prize instead (worth half the cash amount), which some scholars felt exemplified a literary prejudice against children's books.{{sfn|Whited|2002|pp=6–7}}{{sfn|Nel|2001|p=59}} She won the [[World Science Fiction Convention]]'s [[Hugo Award]] for the fourth book, ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Goblet of Fire]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 July 2007|title=2001 Hugo Awards|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2001-hugo-awards/|access-date=8 January 2022|publisher=[[The Hugo Awards]]}}</ref> and the British Book Awards' adult prize – the Book of the Year – for the sixth novel, ''[[Half-Blood Prince]]''.<ref name=HalfBloodBBA>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/arts/movies/arts-briefly.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=Arts, briefly |last= Van Gelder |first=Lawrence |date= 31 March 2006 |access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>

Rowling was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2000 Birthday Honours]] for services to children's literature,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/793844.stm |title=Caine heads birthday honours list |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215125039/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/793844.stm |archive-date=15 February 2009 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=17 June 2000 |access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref> and three years later received Spain's [[Princess of Asturias Awards#Prince or Princess of Asturias Award for Concord|Prince of Asturias Award for Concord]].{{sfn|Asturias|2003}} Following the conclusion of the ''Harry Potter'' series, she won the Outstanding Achievement Prize at the 2008 British Book Awards.{{sfn|Pugh|2020|pp=6–7}}<ref name=guardian-2008>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/apr/10/galaxyawards.awardsandprizes |work=[[The Guardian]] |title= Another honour for JK Rowling |first=Lindesay |last=Irvine |date=10 April 2008 |access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> The next year, she was awarded {{lang|fr|[[Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur]]|italics=no}} by the French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]],{{sfn|Pugh|2020|pp=6–7}} and leading magazine editors named her the "Most Influential Woman in the UK" in 2010.<ref name=Pearse2010>{{cite news|last=Pearse|first=Damien|date=11 October 2010|title=Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling named Most Influential Woman in the UK|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/11/harry-potter-jkrowling-influential-woman|url-status=live|access-date=11 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025163115/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/11/harry-potter-jkrowling-influential-woman|archive-date=25 October 2013}}</ref> For services to literature and philanthropy, she was appointed a [[Order of the Companions of Honour|Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] (CH) in 2017.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=1|page=B25|date=17 June 2017}}</ref> 

Many academic institutions have bestowed honorary degrees on Rowling,{{sfn|Pugh|2020|pp=6–7}} including her [[alma mater]], the [[University of Exeter]],<ref>{{cite news|title=J K Rowling given honorary degree at her alma mater|last=Pook|first=Sally|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1348603/J-K-Rowling-given-honorary-degree-at-her-alma-mater.html|date=15 July 2000|access-date=13 June 2020|url-access=registration|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531003402/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1348603/J-K-Rowling-given-honorary-degree-at-her-alma-mater.html|archive-date=31 May 2010}}</ref> and [[Harvard University]], where she spoke at the 2008 commencement ceremony.<ref name=Fringe/> She is a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature]] (FRSL),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rsliterature.org/fellow/j-k-rowling-3/ |title=RSL Fellows: J.K. Rowling |work=[[Royal Society of Literature]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809183610/https://rsliterature.org/fellow/j-k-rowling-3/ |archive-date=9 August 2019  |accessdate=9 January 2022}}</ref> the [[Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Royal Society of Edinburgh]] (HonFRSE),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/joanne-rowling/|title=Dr Joanne Kathleen Rowling CH, OBE, HonFRSE – The Royal Society of Edinburgh|publisher=[[The Royal Society of Edinburgh]]|access-date=22 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122173611/https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/joanne-rowling/|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]] (FRCPE).<ref>{{cite web|title=College Fellows and Members recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours|url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/college-fellows-and-members-recognised-queens-birthday-honours|date=30 June 2017|publisher=[[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]]|access-date=4 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002221855/https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/college-fellows-and-members-recognised-queens-birthday-honours|archive-date=2 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rowling shared the [[British Academy Film Award]] (BAFTA) for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema with the cast and crew of the ''Harry Potter'' films in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=100 BAFTA moments – The ''Harry Potter'' films win the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award |url=https://www.bafta.org/heritage/features/100-bafta-moments-52-days-to-go |publisher= [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA) |date=18 December 2014 |access-date=23 January 2022 |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124063049/https://www.bafta.org/heritage/features/100-bafta-moments-52-days-to-go |url-status=live }}</ref> Her other awards include the 2017 [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for Best New Play for ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2017/ |title=Olivier winners 2017 |publisher=[[Society of London Theatre]] |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref> and the 2021 British Book Awards' Crime and Thriller prize for the fifth volume of her ''[[Cormoran Strike]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/books/british-book-awards-nibbies-2021-b1846831.html|title=British Book Awards winners: from first-time writers to a teenage activist and a skincare guru|last=Waite-Taylor|first=Eva|work=[[The Independent]]|date=13 May 2021|access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>