In Fifty Shades Of Grey, author E. L. James introduces readers into the world of BDSM, through his main characters, Christian and Anastasia. The first book highlights the beginning of their relationship and Anastasia’s introduction to the world of BDSM. In Fifty Shades Darker, author E. L. James begins with Christian and Anastasia’s break up. Anastasia has moved on with her career to Seattle Independent Publishing House, a reputed publishing house where she is hired as Jack Hyde’s personal assistant. Almost immediately, Anastasia begins to feel uneasy around Jack, but she writes it off. She is continually tormented by thoughts of Christian. So when Christian suggests a new arrangement, she doesn’t refuse and the pair rekindle their sensual affair. Unbeknownst to Anastasia, Christian acquires SIP. When Anastasia learns about this purchase, she is enraged. Meanwhile, Christian puts a freeze on the accounts to prevent Anastasia from going on an overnight business trip with Jack. Later, Anastasia discovers that Jack is a philanderer and Christian was simply trying to protect her. In the second installment, James also reveals secrets from Christian’s past. Secrets or rather demons, which Christian attempts to wrestle. At the same time, Anastasia is confronted by Christian’s previous submissive and paramours. As the pair wrestles with the people from Christian’s past, their relationship continues to grow. The entire Fifty Shades of Grey series has sold over 90 million copies and topped best-seller charts in the United States and the United Kingdom.
About E. L. James Erika Leonard James is a best-selling author, who hails from the United Kingdom. James has authored two other installments in the Fifty Shades series. These are Fifty Shades of Grey and Fifty Shades Freed. James was a history major, which she pursued at the University of Kent. She then went on to work as a television executive. James was inspired to write the series after reading the Twilight Saga series. James is married to director and screenwriter, Niall Leonard. They have two sons, and reside in London.
Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is an English author. She wrote the bestselling erotic romance trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed, along with the companion novel Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian; and under Snowqueen's Icedragon the Twilight fan fiction "Master of the Universe" that was the basis for the Fifty Shades trilogy. The combined novels have sold over 100 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. The novels were subsequently adapted into the films Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and the upcoming Fifty Shades Freed.