JK Rowling gives birth to baby girl

LONDON - Author JK Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter wizard sagas, has given birth to a baby girl, her publisher says.

"Both parents are thrilled and mother and baby are doing well. She was born yesterday in Edinburgh," a spokeswoman for her publisher Bloomsbury said.

The author married Dr Neil Murray in 2001 and this is their second child. Their first, David, will be two in March.

Rowling already has a daughter, Jessica, who was born in 1993 from a previous marriage.

The sixth Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," is due to be published on July 16.

- REUTERS