Salman Rushdie said about the book: 'I've never read anything so badly written that got published.

José Rodriguez: A close college friend of Ana Steele and Kate Kavanagh.Carrick Grey: Christian's adoptive father.Grace Trevelyan-Grey: Christian's adoptive mother. Jason Taylor: Christian's most trusted bodyguard/driver and the head of Christian's security team.Leila Williams: A former submissive of Christian.Jack Hyde: Former commissioning editor at Seattle Independent Publishing, sexually harassed Ana.Katherine ' Kate' Kavanagh: Ana's best friend and roommate.Grace Trevelyan Grey and younger sister of Christian and Elliot. Mia Grey: Daughter of Carrick Grey and Dr.Grace Trevelyan-Grey, and older brother to Christian and Mia Grey.

Elliot Grey: Son of Carrick Grey and Dr.

She is described as a tall, elegant, sexy, regal platinum blonde and appears to be in her late 40s.

Elena Lincoln: Christian's longtime family friend and business partner, sexually abused & seduced Christian as her submissive for 6 years until he was 21.

Anastasia ' Ana' Steele: College graduate, former PA to Jack Hyde now commissioning editor at Seattle Independent Publishing and primary love interest and wife of Christian Grey.

Primary love interest and husband of Anastasia Steele.

Christian Grey: 27-year-old incredibly successful, wealthy entrepreneur and owner of Grey Enterprises Holdings, Inc.

Since 2015 the series has been expanded with a parallel set of novels 'as told by Christian': Grey follows the events of Fifty Shades of Grey but from the perspective of Christian Grey, Darker (2017) and Freed (2021) do the same for Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, respectively. In spite of the success, the books have also been largely panned by critics, with the first entry in particular 'being ridiculed by virtually every critic who has read it.' who knows?' In August 2013, sales of the trilogy saw James top the Forbes ' list of the highest-earning authors with earnings of $95 million, which included $5 million for the film rights to Fifty Shades of Grey. Since then I have written two fics and plan on doing at least one more. All my fantasies in there, and that's it.' She did not start to write until January 2009, as she revealed while still active on FanFiction.Net: 'I started writing in January 2009 after I finished reading the Twilight saga, and I haven't stopped since. The author has spoken of her shock at the success of the book: 'The explosion of interest has taken me completely by surprise.' James has described the Fifty Shades trilogy as 'my midlife crisis, writ large. The series traces the deepening relationship between college graduate Anastasia Steele and young businessman Christian Grey, who introduces Ana to the world of BDSM. James, initially a trilogy consisting of Fifty Shades of Grey (2011), Fifty Shades Darker (2012) and Fifty Shades Freed (2012). Fifty Shades is a series of erotic novels by E.

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