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 a new romantic
  thriller with a supernatural twist.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Thanks to: Niall, my rock;
  
  
  
  
  
  To Kathleen for just being a great sounding board, friend, confidante and a
  technical wiz;  
  
  
  To Bee for endless moral support;  
  
  
  To Taylor (also a technical wiz), Susi, Pam and Nora for showing a girl a good
  time.
  
  
  
  
  
  And for their advice and tact I’d really like to thank:  
  
  
  Dr. Raina Sluder for help with all matters medical;  
  
  
  Anne Forlines for the financial advice;  
  
  
  Eliza