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E. L. James is a British writer and novelist born Erika Mitchell on 7 March 1963 in London. She is a citizen of the United Kingdom and was educated at the University of Kent. Writing in English, she began her professional work period in 2009. Her notable works include the romance trilogy *Fifty Shades of Grey*, *Fifty Shades Darker*, and *Fifty Shades Freed*. Other titles associated with her include *Freed*, *50 Shades of Grey!*, *Three-Way*, and *Cincuenta Sombras de Grey*.
The author has published five works according to Crossref records, while Open Library lists 29 works under her name. She maintains an official website and has 1,225,919 social media followers. Her writing has been referenced by 134 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 7 March 1963
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Freed
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- 50 Shades of Grey!
- Three-Way
- Cincuenta Sombras de Grey
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
London, England
Author of romance trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed
Known for
- Book Club — Neighbour (uncredited)2018
- Fifty Shades Uncovered — Self2015
- The View — Self1997
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Erika Mitchell , ( 1963-03-07 ) 7 March 1963 (age 63) , Willesden , London, England
- Pen name
- E. L. James , Snowqueens Icedragon
- Occupation
- Author
- Education
- Wycombe High School
- Alma mater
- University of Kent
- Genre
- Romance, erotica , fan fiction
- Years active
- 2011 – present
- Spouse
- Niall Leonard ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erika
- Family name
- James
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Fifty Shades
- Official website
- www.eljamesauthor.com
- Image
- E. L. James - 2019 (cropped).jpg
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1963-03-07
- Commons category
- E. L. James
- pseudonym
- E. L. James
- name in native language
- Erika Leonard
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- birth name
- Erika Mitchell
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 1123598
- short name
- E. L. James
- web feed URL
- www.eljamesauthor.com/feed
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “E. L. James” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.