James, who first wrote “Fifty Shades” as “Twilight” fan fiction, rehashed the same plot but narrated it this time from Christian’s point of view instead of Anastasia’s. In 2015, she published “Grey,” which retells the steamy saga of the billionaire Christian Grey and his “submissive,” the demure Anastasia Steele. “Just don’t put it in a Happy Meal.”)įans still wanted more. (“I set about trademarking everything because I didn’t want things on lunchboxes,” she joked.
James trademarked and licensed “Fifty Shades”-branded wine, lingerie, floggers, vibrators and handcuffs, designing many of the products herself. It helped popularize niche sexual fetishes involving bondage, blindfolds and nipple clamps, bringing them into the commercial and cultural mainstream. Since “Fifty Shades of Grey” was released in 2011, her “Fifty Shades” trilogy has sold 165 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a feature film series that James co-produced. It is hard to reconcile the notion of James as a quiet, reserved homebody with the billion-dollar fetish franchise she created. “I’m incredibly shy under all of it,” she said. James is represented by Valerie Hoskins Associates and Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C.For a novelist who became famous writing hard-core erotica, E L James is surprisingly introverted. It was selected as one of the 100 most-loved books, as voted by readers, in PBS’ “The Great American Read.” “Fifty Shades of Grey” stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 133 consecutive weeks. James has been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s “most influential people in the world” and Publishers Weekly’s “person of the year.” The “Fifty Shades of Grey” books were the three bestselling novels of the last decade. Her books have been published in 50 languages and have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. The result was “Fifty Shades of Grey” and its two sequels, “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades Freed.” In 2015, she published the number one bestseller “Grey,” the story of “Fifty Shades of Grey” told from the perspective of Christian Grey, and 2017 saw the chart-topping “Darker” - the second part of the “Fifty Shades” story from Christian’s point of view. After 25 years of working in television, James decided to pursue a childhood dream and write stories that readers could take to their hearts.
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