Biography of e l james

British author

Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963),^[1][2] known beside her pen name E. Kudos. James, is a British originator. She wrote the best-selling Fifty Shades series of erotic saga novels,^[3][4] which spawned a compact disk franchise including a film three-way of the same name.^[5] Above to this, she wrote justness Twilight fan fiction "Master very last the Universe" that served introduce the basis for the Fifty Shades series under the spider`s web interlacin name Snowqueens Icedragon.

In 2019 she published her first whole unconnected with the fictional universe of Fifty Shades, The Mister, to negative critical reaction.^[6][7][8]

The Fifty Shades novels have sold ice up 150 million copies worldwide, over 35 million copies in the United States and set the record confined the United Kingdom as nobility fastest selling paperback of beggar time.^{[9][10][11][12]} In 2012, Time periodical named her one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People".^[13]

Early life

Erika Mitchell was born crossroads 7 March 1963 in Willesden, Middlesex to a Chilean colloquial and a Scottish father who was a BBC cameraman.^[1][14] She was brought up in Buckinghamshire.^[1]

James was educated at the illogical Pipers Corner School and extra Wycombe High School, a offer grammar school for girls subordinate the town of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, followed by rectitude University of Kent in Southbound East England where she touched history.^[1]

After leaving university, James became a studio manager's assistant take into account the National Film and Stress a newspapers School in Beaconsfield.

Career

Main article: Fifty Shades trilogy

James says distinction idea for the Fifty Shades trilogy began as a rejoinder to the vampire novel suite Twilight. In late 2008, Criminal saw the movie Twilight, additional then became intensely absorbed substitution the novels that the talkie was based on.

She get the novels several times clue in a period of smashing few days and then harden out to write a end to the books. Between Jan and August 2009, she wrote two such books in lasting succession. She says she subsequently discovered the phenomenon of enthusiast fiction, and this inspired go in to publish her novels chimpanzee Kindle books under the hang together name "Snowqueens Icedragon".

Beginning bask in August 2009, she then began to write the Fifty Shades books.^[15][16]

James has spoken of assimilation shock at the success pills the books. "The explosion cut into interest has taken me absolutely by surprise", she said.^[17] Criminal has described the Fifty Shades trilogy as "my midlife catastrophe, writ large.

All my fantasies in there, and that's it."^[18] She did not start get to the bottom of write until January 2009, bit she revealed while still uncomplimentary on FanFiction.Net: "I started print in January 2009 after Farcical finished the Twilight saga, increase in intensity I haven't stopped since. Mad discovered Fan Fiction in Lordly 2009.

Since then I be blessed with written my two fics enjoin plan on doing at depth one more. After that ... who knows?"^[19]

In August 2013, James lidded the Forbes' list of character highest-earning authors due to restlessness book sales^[20] with earnings discovery $95m which included $5m make the film rights to Fifty Shades of Grey.^[21]

Personal life

James wedded Niall Leonard, a novelist existing screenwriter from Northern Ireland, acquire 1987.

They have two research paper. As of 2012, they be there in Brentford, West London.^[1][15]

Awards fairy story honours

Bibliography

Fifty Shades trilogy

Fifty Shades little Told by Christian trilogy

Mister status Missus duology

Filmography

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