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JK Rowling has revealed she turned down two offers of a peerage in the House of Lords and would turn down a third.

The MP for North West Essex said of Rowling: "I don't know whether she would take it, but I certainly would give her a peerage."

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.

The former equalities minister went on to praise Baroness Cass for her review of NHS children's gender services - work Badenoch "managed to get" the doctor a peerage for.

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.