She leaves, only to have Christian show up at her place of work a short time later. She manages the interview but is intimidated by the focused and intense Christian Grey. Anastasia or Ana as she is called reluctantly agrees. She asks Anastasia to go in her place to interview Christian Grey, a high achieving business executive. Kate does journalism assignments for school and takes sick one day. She and her room mate Kate both attend Washington State University. The first book in the series, 50 Shades of Grey, follows along with college senior Anastasia Steele. She married husband Niall Leonard, a director and screenwriter, in 1987. Following school, James went into the television production business. She studied graduated from the University of Kent, where she majored in history. She grew up in South East England in Buckinghamshire. James’ runaway hit trilogy and citing Dan Brown’s inferno as well as main drivers for the year.Įrika was born to a Chilean mother and a Scottish father who worked as a cameraman in London, England on March 7, 1963. The publishing company posted record profits and sales for 2012, in large part due to E.L. E-books globally are about 20% of sales for Random House.

They estimated that at least 50% of the sales were digital sales for hand-held readers such as the Kindle.

In 2012, Random House stated that it had sold over 70 million copies. The three books together sold 35 million copies in the United States. Fifty Shades of Grey passed Harry Potter to become the fastest selling paperback ever. The book gained popularity and became a hit. The third book in the series is called Fifty Shades Freed. She quickly followed it up with a sequel, Fifty Shades Darker. “Master of the Universe” found an outlet through a publishing company in Australia called The Writer’s Coffee Shop. She published the story under the name “The Master of the Universe” for the first time in 2009.

James belonged to an online community of fan fiction writers that she contributed stories to under the user name Snowqueens Icedragon. She admits she originally wrote the manuscript that became Fifty Shades of Grey as a fan fiction version of Twilight. James has said that she started writing the instant she finished the Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight books and hasn’t stopped since. Late night television show hosts were cracking jokes about the newest book that had appeared out of nowhere and was suddenly everywhere.Į.L. People started telling their friends about it. Since the book dropped in June 2011, it has traveled by word of mouth. Whether you’re in the reading world or hovering at the fringes, chances are you’ve heard of, and even bought a copy or e-copy of, Fifty Shades of Grey. James, also known as the author of the much discussed book Fifty Shades of Grey. James is the nom de plum of Erika Leonard.

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