What was the name of J.K. Rowling’s first husband, whom she married in 1992?

J.K. Rowling’s first husband was Jorge Arantes, whom she married in 1992.

Rowling married Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes in Porto on 16 October 1992. They had one daughter, Jessica, born in 1993. The marriage ended in divorce in 1995, after which Rowling returned to the United Kingdom with her daughter and settled in Edinburgh.

This period preceded the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 1997. Rowling has described writing the early manuscript while facing financial and personal difficulties, although simplified accounts often compress several years of her life into a single “struggling writer” story.

Jorge Arantes should not be confused with Neil Murray, whom Rowling married in 2001, or Peter Rowling, her father. Robert Galbraith is a publishing pseudonym used for the Cormoran Strike novels, not a person from Rowling’s family history.