World | Barack Obama Rowling Wows Obama—and Medvedev, Too Prez praises Rowling; Michelle dines with high-flying women By Katherine Thompson Posted Apr 3, 2009 10:13 AM CDT Copied The wife of British Prime Minister Sar ah Brown, right, greets British author J.K Rowling, before they join the G-20 spouses for a visit to the Royal Opera House, Thursday April 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan) Barack Obama took a break from the global economic crisis at a Downing Street G20 dinner this week, buttonholing JK Rowling to tell her that he had read all of her Harry Potter books—and had read them to his girls, the Telegraph reports. And Dmitry Medvedev did his US counterpart one better: The Russian president asked the writer for an autograph. Read These Next North Carolina shooting suspect once walked the red carpet. Skydivers leap from plane 2 minutes before fatal crash. 'We heard a big bang,' says churchgoer in Michigan Tossed beers, hostile fans take the spotlight at Ryder Cup. Report an error