Potter author has baby boy

Rowling has been married before

Harry Potter author JK Rowling and her husband, Dr Neil Murray, are celebrating the arrival of their first child.

The millionaire writer gave birth to a boy in Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary on Sunday and mother and baby have now left the hospital.

The writer has a nine-year-old daughter, Jessica, from a previous marriage.

Rowling married Dr Murray in a secret Boxing Day ceremony in 2001 at the writer's home in Perthshire, Scotland.

Rowling's publicist Nicky Stonehill said: "Both mother and baby are doing well."

Celebrity

A spokeswoman for the Royal Infirmary said: "We are delighted to be able to confirm that she gave birth to a son at the Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health on Sunday."

Rowling has become an international celebrity thanks to the global popularity of her Harry Potter books.

A fifth novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is due to be released world-wide in June.

Two films of the first two Potter novels have been released, grossing more than $1.7bn (£1.08bn) world-wide.