JK Rowling reveals she did not publish books below full identify as a result of she was fearful of her ex-husband

JK Rowling has revealed that she did not publish the Harry Potter books below her full identify as she was fearful of her abusive ex-husband.

The writer, 55, stated she was a ‘bit paranoid’ utilizing her full identify ‘Joanne Rowling’, so opted for her initials following her ‘tough marriage’ to Jorge Arantes.

Miss Rowling has beforehand stated that she was persuaded to make use of her initials in order that the books appealed to each girls and boys.

The novelist, who’s now fortunately married to Neil Murray, needed to get a restraining order towards her first husband.

She was married to Arantes for simply 18 months they usually break up up in 1993.

The writer (pictured), 55, stated she was a ‘bit paranoid’ utilizing her full identify ‘Joanne Rowling’, so opted for her initials following her ‘tough marriage’ to Jorge Arantes

The novelist, who’s now fortunately married to Neil Murray, needed to get a restraining order towards her first husband (pictured)

Requested by writer Simon Armitage if utilizing her initials was a advice from the writer, Miss Rowling stated: ‘Partly proper, I’ve truly by no means stated a part of this earlier than, it’s true that my writer felt that this was a guide that boys would additionally like they usually have been positively eager to ‘unisex’ me a bit.

‘That is the bit I’ve by no means truly stated earlier than: I truly needed to be revealed below a totally completely different identify as a result of I would come out of this very tough marriage and I used to be somewhat bit paranoid.

‘It was foolish often because my ex-husband knew what I would been writing, he by no means learn it however we had talked about it so if he ever heard about it I suppose he would comprehend it was me.

‘However I did not think about it was going to be successful, I did not think about it was going to be in Portugal, however I used to be somewhat bit paranoid on the time…’ Miss Rowling stated it ‘suited’ her to have a pen identify.

She added: ‘I truly had a restraining order out towards my ex-husband in order we bought nearer to publication I assumed possibly I’ll simply publish this below a special identify, I am going to have a pen identify, that’ll be nice.

Requested by writer Simon Armitage if utilizing her initials was a advice from the writer, Miss Rowling stated: ‘Partly proper, I’ve truly by no means stated a part of this earlier than, it’s true that my writer felt that this was a guide that boys would additionally like they usually have been positively eager to ‘unisex’ me a bit.’ Pictured: With husband Mr Murray

‘So JK truly suited me a bit, to not have my identify on [the book] by some means, though after all it’s my surname, however I do not actually really feel like ‘JK’.’

Within the final 12 months Miss Rowling has confronted an onslaught of accusations of transphobia since publishing an essay on her web site final July by which she argued that organic intercourse is actual, and expressed her issues about single-sex areas.

She makes the revelation on Radio 4’s The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed which is obtainable to hearken to at 7.15pm tonight (SAT).