From heartbreak to happiness, JK Rowling's personal life has had as many twists as her books.

While JK Rowling is most famously known for the wonderful wizarding world she conjured, her own life story has also been filled with trials and tribulations. Her life before she found success with her books was certainly not easy, and even though she is now at a place where she has fortune and fame, she finds herself embroiled in controversy often times. Mostly due to her polarising comments on transgender issues. Her controversial remarks have even led to tense relationships between her and Harry Potter stars like Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.

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Through all the turbulence that's always in the spotlight, she's had the support of one man for 23 years—a rarity in the world of the famed. Her marriage to doctor Neil Murray remains discreet yet solid, a sharp contrast to her turbulent first relationship with Portuguese journalist Jorge Arantes.

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JK Rowling has been married to Dr Neil Murray since 2001. The couple met in Edinburgh in the early 2000s after being introduced by Rowling’s sister. At the time, Murray was a senior house officer in anaesthetics and recently divorced. Rowling, having already achieved fame with the Harry Potter series, was still healing from her first marriage. Despite her fame, Murray had only read the first ten pages of her book, which Rowling reportedly found refreshing.