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Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the best-selling Fifty Shades series of erotic romance novels, which spawned a multimedia franchise including a film trilogy of the same name. Prior to this, she wrote the Twilight fan fiction "Master of the Universe" that served as the basis for the Fifty Shades series under the web name Snowqueens Icedragon. In 2019 she published her first book unconnected with the fictional world of Fifty Shades, The Mister, to negative critical reaction.The Fifty Shades novels have sold over 150 million copies worldwide, over 35 million copies in the United States and set the record in the United Kingdom as the fastest selling paperback of all time. In 2012, Time magazine named her one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People". Early life Erika Mitchell was born on 7 March 1963 in Willesden, Middlesex to a Chilean mother and a Scottish father who was a BBC cameraman. She was brought up in Buckinghamshire.James was educated at the independent Pipers Corner School and at Wycombe High School, a state grammar school for girls in the town of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, followed by the University of Kent in South East England where she studied history.After leaving university, James became a studio manager's assistant at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. Career James says the idea for the Fifty Shades trilogy began as a response to the vampire novel series Twilight. In late 2008, James saw the movie Twilight, and then became intensely absorbed with the novels that the movie was based on. She read the novels several times over in a period of a few days and then set out to write a sequel to the books. Between January and August 2009, she wrote two such books in quick succession. She says she then discovered the phenomenon of fan fiction, and this inspired her to publish her novels as Kindle books under the pen name "Snowqueens Icedragon". Beginning in August 2009, she then began to write the Fifty Shades books.James has spoken of her shock at the success of the books. "The explosion of interest has taken me completely by surprise" she said. James has described the Fifty Shades trilogy as "my midlife crisis, writ large. All my fantasies in there, and that's it." She did not start to write until January 2009, as she revealed while still active on FanFiction.Net: "I started writing in January 2009 after I finished the Twilight saga, and I haven't stopped since. I discovered Fan Fiction in August 2009. Since then I have written my two fics and plan on doing at least one more. After that ... who knows?"In August 2013, James topped the Forbes' list of the highest-earning authors due to her book sales with earnings of $95m which included $5m for the film rights to Fifty Shades of Grey. Personal life James married Niall Leonard, a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland, in 1987. They have two sons. As of 2012, they live in Brentford, West London. Awards and honours 2012 Time 100 by Time magazine, "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" 2012 Publishers Weekly "Publishing Person of the Year". 2012 National Book Award (UK), "Popular Fiction Book of the Year", Fifty Shades of Grey 2012 National Book Award (UK), "Book of the Year", Fifty Shades of GreyBibliography Fifty Shades of Grey (2011) Fifty Shades Darker (2012) Fifty Shades Freed (2012) Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian (2015) Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian (2017) The Mister (2019) Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian (2021) The Missus (2023)Filmography References External links Official website E. L. James at IMDb. Discover the E L James popular books. Find the top 100 most popular E L James books.
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Christmas at The New Yorker
The New Yorker, E. B. White, Sally Benson & S.J. PerelmanFrom the pages of America’s most influential magazine come eight decades of holiday cheerplus the occasional comical coal in the stockingin one incomparable collection. Sublime an...
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Where Memories Lie
Deborah Crombie“Chilling and humane….Skillful and subtle….A deeply moving novel that transcends genre.” Richmond Times DispatchA sinister mystery that leads all the way back to the Holocaust ensn...
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Crash Dive
Larry BondEdited by bestselling author Larry Bond, Crash Dive collects the best nonfiction writing on submarines, the nearsilent killers of the deep and their crews. They are the ultimate u...
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James L. Krusemark v. Marguerite E.
Supreme Court of MinnesotaUpon Appeal from Clerk's Taxation of Costs. On March 9, 1951, the following opinion was filed:
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James K. Kyser v. E. L. Doan. Thelma Kyser
Supreme Court of AlabamaMERRILL, Justice. These four cases arose out of certain remodeling work done by appellants, James K. Kyser and wife, Thelma Kyser, on property which they purchased at 15 Wilcraft R...
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Theodore L. Sendak v. James E. Allen
Court of Appeals of IndianaAppellant Gutierrez, along with Robert Taggart and William McCall, were charged by a Lake County Grand Jury with premeditated murder and murder during the Commission of a robbery f...
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When She Came Back
C J Parsons'I forgot to breathe in parts!' 5 review'I haven't been able to put down' 5 review'Worth far more than five stars' 5 reviewWhen her fiveyearold daughter disappears from the park, C...
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This Royal Breed
Judith SaxtonA SAGA OF A YOUNG GIRL'S STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL ON THE ISLAND OF JERSEY DURING THE NAZI SECOND WORLD WAR OCCUPATION. After the death of Rochelle Dubois's parents, she is ado...
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Commonwealth v. James L. Mcintyre
Appeals Court of MassachusettsMotor Vehicle, Homicide, Operating under the influence. Homicide. Wanton or Reckless Conduct. Evidence, Intoxication, Blood alcohol test, Right to obtain evidence. SMITH, J. The de...
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Someone Special
Judith SaxtonOn 21 April 1926, three baby girls are born. In North Wales, Hester Coburn, a farm labourer's wife, gives birth to Nell, while in Norwich, in an exclusive nursing home, Anna is bor...
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All My Lies
Sophie Flynn'Perfectly paced, suspenseful and gripping a real pageturner' SOPHIE HANNAH, author of Haven't They Grown 'A rollercoaster ride with a cast of flawed characters an exce...
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James L. White v. Review Board Indiana
Court of Appeals of IndianaAppellantclaimant (employee) appeals from a negative award by the Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division (Board) denying unemployment compensation benefits follow...
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James E. Roach v. City Tampa R. E. L. Chancey
Supreme Court of FloridaThe appeal brings for review a final decree dismissing a bill of complaint in suit instituted to enjoin the appellees from issuing Hospital Revenue Certificates, payabl...
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Shades of Jamie Dornan
Jo BerryFrom film and TV critic Jo Berry comes the unauthorized biography of modelturnedactor Jamie Dornan, starring as Christian Grey in the wildly popular Fifty Shades of Grey film!Jamie...
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James L. Adkins v. Carol Ann Elvard
Supreme Court Of IndianaThis is a personal injury action brought by James Adkins (plaintiffappellant), who filed a complaint alleging that he had been seriously injured as the result of being struck by an...
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James L. Shahan v. James Fredrick Brinegar
Supreme Court Of IndianaDefendantappellant James L. Shahan (Shahan) brings this appeal from an action initiated by plaintiffsappellees, James Frederick and Dulcie Lou Brinegar (Brinegar) for breach of the...
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Flight or Fright
Stephen King#1 New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Stephen King teams up with Bev Vincent of Cemetery Dance to present a terrifying collection of sixteen short stories (and ...
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Elwin L. Bresette v. James E. Knapp
Supreme Court of WisconsinThe plaintiff is asking to recover damages from the defendant, an attorneyatlaw. He alleges that having retained and employed the defendant as his attorney with respect to a certai...
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James S. Brander and Hugh L. Mckenna, Plaintiffs in Error v. William E. Phillips and Henry Bell
United States Supreme CourtERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The case, as stated in the opinion of the court, was as follows: Brander & McKenna, in 1833, 1834, 1835, were c...
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The Palencar Project
David G. HartwellFive original short stories inspired by the same John Jude Palencar painting. From David Hartwell's introduction:One day I was walking down the hall past the Tor Books art departme...
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Janice E. Harding v. James L. Harding
Western District Court of Appeals of MissouriThe husband, Jamie Harding, appeals from a divorce decree ordering an even division of marital property and from the Form 14 child support figure of $520 a month to the ...