JK Rowling turned down House of Lords peerage twiceMost peers sitting in the House of Lords are appointed by the monarch on the prime minister's advice, with nominations vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
The author's remarks came after Conservative Party leader hopeful Kemi Badenoch said she would give Rowling a peerage for her stance on gender - a position critics have described as being transphobic .
JK Rowling has revealed she turned down two offers of a peerage in the House of Lords and would turn down a third.
"I’ve already turned down a peerage twice, once under Labour and once under the Tories.
The crime series, known collectively under the title Cormoran Strike, were published throughout the 2010s - during which time Rowling was presumably offered a peerage for the second time.