E. L. James

James has described the Fifty Shades trilogy as "my midlife crisis writ large. 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 Grey


Bibliography
Fifty Shades of Grey (2011)
Fifty Shades Darker (2012)
Fifty Shades Freed (2012). Raised in Buckinghamshire Leonard read history at the University of Kent before becoming a studio manager’s assistant at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield.

The combined novels have sold over 35 million copies in the United States and over 65 million copies worldwide setting the record as the fastest selling paperback of all time. ". In 2012 Time magazine named her one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People.