Pronunciation of JKR's name

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 188528

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren1 at ...> wrote:

Lauren:
> Hi,
> I have never known how to pronounce JKR's last name.  Is it Rowling, rhyming with growling or Rowling, rhyming with growing?  
> Thanks

Geoff:
As others have said, it is to rhyme with "rolling". It is a fairly common 
UK name and wouldn't cause us any problems. I had a close friend at 
school who was a Rowling.