J.K. Rowling was just knighted by French president Nicolas Sarkozy, the country’s highest honor.

While foreigners can’t be officially inducted into French knighthood, they can be given honorary titles; previous honorary honorees include Steven Spielberg and Barbra Streisand.

WENN notes that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was the first English-language book to ever top France’s bestsellers list — before it was translated.  That’s a knight-worthy feat, right?