British author EL James could not have possibly imagined the runaway success of her Fifty Shades novels when she first started writing them a decade ago.
James was inspired to start writing after seeing the film Twilight and reading the novels which had inspired the movie. However, she confesses that she had no initial aspirations of becoming a novelist. She wrote fan fiction based on her love of Twilight and published each installment on fan websites.
The original work was entitled Master of the Universe, however, it quickly morphed in to the beginnings of her first novel Fifty Shades of Grey.
The book tells the story of the relationship between a rich and handsome businessman Christian Gray and Anastasia Steele, who is college graduate who meets Gray when she is sent to interview him for a newspaper. The books achieved huge publicity due to its erotic nature, with scenes detailing bondage, dominance and submission.
The book was initially self-published on James’s own website and made available in ebook format. It steadily gathered a following, leading to the rights for the book being snapped up by Vintage Books and soon it was filling shelves in bookstores around the world.
James’s initial writings formed part of a trilogy which eventually led to the publication of Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. All three books have since been made into movies starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson.
Although they received poor critical response, the books have sold over 125 million copies worldwide and earned EL James $95 million.
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