Rowling was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2000 Birthday Honours for services to children’s literature, and three years later received Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award for Concord. Following the conclusion of the Harry Potter series, she won the Outstanding Achievement Prize at the 2008 British Book Awards. The next year, she was awarded Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French president Nicolas Sarkozy, and leading magazine editors named her the “Most Influential Woman in the UK” in 2010. In the 2017 Birthday Honours, Rowling was appointed a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for services to literature and philanthropy.