E. L. James

Erika Leonard, born as Erika Mitchell, (London, 7 March 1963) is a British writer who became famous with her erotic novel trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey (in Dutch translated as Fifty shades of grey), which she wrote under the pseudonym James E.L. and of which there are already 65 million sold worldwide of which 1.7 million in Netherlands (stand december 2012). They only started in 2009 with writing, when she discovered the FanFiction.net website, where she wrote under the nameSnowqueen's Sup .

Leonard lives in London, with her husband and two sons. Before they had success with writing, she worked at a television station in London. ==Bibliography[ Edit] == ==Prices[ Edit] ==
 * 2012, Time 100, by Time, called at the 100 most influential people in the world[1]
 * 2012, Publishers Weekly, publicist of the year [2]
 * 2012, National Book Award (UK), popular fiction book of the year, for Fifty Shades of Grey [3]
 * 2012, National Book Award (UK), book of the year, for Fifty Shades of Grey