JK Rowling has been named the top Most Influential Woman in Britain by prominent magazine editors.
The multimillionaire author will top a list of the 100 women who have the most influence over our lives when it is unveiled tomorrow, to mark the 100th anniversary of the National Magazine Company, whose titles including Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Company and Good Housekeeping.
Rowling’s supremacy is all the more surprising given that despite her success, the 45-year-old keeps a very low profile. But Lindsay Nicholson, editor of Good Housekeeping, said: “Everyone felt J K Rowling was the one with the most influence across the widest audience. As a single parent who managed to cope and pull herself out of poverty and create a massive entertainment empire on the way, she is very inspiring.”
She added: “Rowling is very careful about the way she uses her fame and is very true to herself. She didn’t pursue power, fame and money in a conventional way but by writing her thoughts in a café while her baby slept.”
NatMag, which was established in 1910 by the American media baron William Randolph Hearst, will hope Rowling’s values resonate with the millions of women who read one of the 20 magazines that it publishes. Its best-selling title is its oldest, Good Housekeeping, which was started in 1922 and has nearly 500,000 readers.
Thanks to SnitchSeeker we have the full audio for JK Rowling’s interview with Oprah. Listen below. I will be posting a video as soon as one is made available online!
Scholasic has released a new clip from JK Rowling’s interview with Oprah, which airs tomorrow. In the clip she discusses the last words of the series, ‘All was well.’ For now you can just watch the clip here but I’m working on getting it for youtube. [Update: We have the video thanks to SS]
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