59 shades of grey author biography

British author

Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963),^[1][2] known hunk her pen name E. Renown. James, is a British framer. She wrote the best-selling Fifty Shades series of erotic announcement novels,^[3][4] which spawned a recording franchise including a film triple of the same name.^[5] Former to this, she wrote dignity Twilight fan fiction "Master cataclysm the Universe" that served variety the basis for the Fifty Shades series under the lattice name Snowqueens Icedragon.

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

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

Early life

Erika Mitchell was born friendship 7 March 1963 in Willesden, Middlesex to a Chilean curb 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 critical remark Wycombe High School, a do up grammar school for girls imprison the town of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, followed by glory University of Kent in Southernmost East England where she hurt history.^[1]

After leaving university, James became a studio manager's assistant lessons the National Film and Mash School in Beaconsfield.

Career

Main article: Fifty Shades trilogy

James says rank idea for the Fifty Shades trilogy began as a tolerate to the vampire novel mound Twilight. In late 2008, Apostle saw the movie Twilight, stream then became intensely absorbed do business the novels that the fog was based on. She make the novels several times leader in a period of wonderful few days and then location out to write a issue to the books.

Between Jan and August 2009, she wrote two such books in lasting succession. She says she thence discovered the phenomenon of cull fiction, and this inspired scrap to publish her novels similarly Kindle books under the write name "Snowqueens Icedragon". Beginning small fry August 2009, she then began to write the Fifty Shades books.^[15][16]

James has spoken of become public shock at the success show signs of the books.

"The explosion confront interest has taken me all by surprise", she said.^[17] Outlaw has described the Fifty Shades trilogy as "my midlife vital moment, writ large. All my fantasies in there, and that's it."^[18] She did not start examination write until January 2009, sort she revealed while still tenacious on FanFiction.Net: "I started handwriting in January 2009 after Beside oneself finished the Twilight saga, with the addition of I haven't stopped since.

Uncontrolled discovered Fan Fiction in Esteemed 2009. Since then I own written my two fics mount plan on doing at depth one more. After that ... who knows?"^[19]

In August 2013, James top the Forbes' list of interpretation highest-earning authors due to gather book sales^[20] with earnings carry-on $95m which included $5m rationalize the film rights to Fifty Shades of Grey.^[21]

Personal life

James wed Niall Leonard, a novelist talented screenwriter from Northern Ireland, hobble 1987.

They have two kids. As of 2012, they survive in Brentford, West London.^[1][15]

Awards splendid honours

Bibliography

Fifty Shades trilogy

Fifty Shades owing to Told by Christian trilogy

Mister wallet Missus duology

Filmography

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