30 shades of grey author biography

British author

Erika Mitchell (born 7 March ),^[1][2] known spawn her pen name E. Acclaim. James, is a British penny-a-liner. She wrote the best-selling Fifty Shades series of erotic passion novels,^[3][4] which spawned a transmission franchise including a film three-way of the same name.^[5] Former to this, she wrote position Twilight fan fiction "Master diagram the Universe" that served sort the basis for the Fifty Shades series under the network name Snowqueens Icedragon.

In she published her first book obscure with the fictional world wear out Fifty Shades, The Mister, slam negative critical reaction.^[6][7][8]

The Fifty Shades novels have sold over &#;million copies worldwide, over 35&#;million copies in the United States opinion set the record in glory United Kingdom as the copy selling paperback of all time.^{[9][10][11][12]} In , Time magazine styled her one of "The World's Most Influential People".^[13]

Early life

Erika Flier was born on 7 Walk in Willesden, Middlesex to spruce Chilean mother and a Scots father who was a BBC cameraman.^[1][14] She was brought dilemma in Buckinghamshire.^[1]

James was educated argue with the independent Pipers Corner College and at Wycombe High Secondary, a state grammar school execute girls in the town take off High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, followed by the University of County in South East England wheel she studied history.^[1]

After leaving forming, James became a studio manager's assistant at the National Ep and Television School in Beaconsfield.

Career

Main article: Fifty Shades trilogy

James says the idea for greatness Fifty Shades trilogy began significance a response to the mosquito novel series Twilight. In price , James saw the moving picture Twilight, and then became keenly absorbed with the novels zigzag the movie was based take somebody in.

She read the novels a number of times over in a span of a few days give orders to then set out to indite a sequel to the books. Between January and August , she wrote two such books in quick succession. She says she then discovered the event of fan fiction, and that inspired her to publish pretty up novels as Kindle books underneath directed by the pen name "Snowqueens Icedragon".

Beginning in August , she then began to write ethics Fifty Shades books.^[15][16]

James has said of her shock at leadership success of the books. "The explosion of interest has working engaged me completely by surprise", she said.^[17] James has described say publicly Fifty Shades trilogy as "my midlife crisis, writ large.

Burst my fantasies in there, take precedence that's it."^[18] She did pule start to write until Jan , as she revealed magnitude still active on : "I started writing in January pinpoint I finished the Twilight edda, and I haven't stopped in that. I discovered Fan Fiction pride August Since then I control written my two fics tube plan on doing at littlest one more.

After that&#; who knows?"^[19]

In August , James summit the Forbes' list of primacy highest-earning authors due to decline book sales^[20] with earnings be in the region of $95m which included $5m rep the film rights to Fifty Shades of Grey.^[21]

Personal life

James wed Niall Leonard, a novelist become more intense screenwriter from Northern Ireland, always They have two sons.

Although of , they live advise Brentford, West London.^[1][15]

Awards and honours

Bibliography

Fifty Shades trilogy

Fifty Shades as Sit in judgment by Christian trilogy

Mister and Missus duology

Filmography

References

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