title: Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey Series)
author:  E L James 
description: A GoodReads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Romance<br><br>"In a class by itself."&#160; <br>&mdash;<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>
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  E L James is a TV executive, wife and mother of two, based in West London.
  Since early childhood, she dreamt of writing stories that readers would fall
  in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her
  career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first
  novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.
  
  E L James is currently working on the sequel to Fifty Shades Darker and a new
  romantic thriller with a supernatural twist.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Sarah, Kay, and Jada. Thank you for all that
  you have done for me.
  
  Also HUGE thanks to Kathleen and Kristi who stepped into the breach and sorted
  stuff out.
  
  Thank you too to Niall, my husband, my lover, and my best friend (most of the
  time).
  
  And a big shout out to all the wonderful, wonderful women from all over the
  world whom I have had the pleasure of meeting since I st