Fifty Shades Darker

About the Author:

EL James is the pen name of Erika Mitchell, who was born in 1963 in London. After having studied history at University of Kent, she took up a job as a studio manager assistant with National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, before turning to writing in January 2009. Success of the Fifty Shades trilogy has turned James into a celebrity writer, who has even figured on the Times list of The Worlds 100 Most Influential People in 2012. In her own words James describes the trilogy as 'my midlife crisis, writ large. All my fantasies in there and that's it.