"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has given birth to a boy, her second child, her spokeswoman said Monday.

David Gordon Rowling Murray was born Sunday at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, Scotland, said spokeswoman, Nicky Stonehill.

"Both mother and baby are doing well," she added.

Rowling's four Potter books — published in at least 55 languages — have sold an estimated 192 million copies worldwide. The fifth, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," is due out June 21.

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The author, 37, has a daughter, Jessica, from her previous marriage. She wed Dr. Neil Murray, an anesthetist, in December 2001. They live in Scotland.

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