Fifty Shades of Grey author E L James - Exclusive interview
Fifty Shades of Grey author E L James today answered critics of her best-selling trilogy and said: "It's a love story. If my critics want to concentrate on the sex, that's their issue, not my issue." The in-demand writer spoke exclusively to Britain's fifth biggest-selling regional title. In the first of a two-part interview, E L James told: How she connected with kinky sex 'experts' over the internet What she thinks about Ana and Christian's relationship How she answers feminist critics of Fifty Shades of Grey What effect Fifty Shades of Grey's success has had on her family Click here to read the interview in today's digital edition of the Shropshire Star for just 69p
E L James today told how her dream was to see Fifty Shades of Grey in a bookshop - and that the success of the trilogy has taken her completely by surprise.
The best-selling author told the Shropshire Star that she was 'fed-up' with the media attention surrounding the series and added: "I can't own people's reaction to the books.
"My only dream was to see Fifty Shades of Grey in a bookshop - the explosion of interest has taken me completely by surprise."
In the first of a two-part interview, E L James told:
How she connected with kinky sex 'experts' over the internet
What she thinks about Ana and Christian's relationship
How she answers feminist critics of Fifty Shades of Grey
What effect Fifty Shades of Grey's success has had on her family
The author of the phenomena that is the erotic Fifty Shades trilogy is bemused, but delighted by her success.
EL James, who in her 'other life' is former television producer and mother of two has seen her novels break all records.
Sales of the first in the steamy trilogy, quickly reached a million on the Kindle e-book reader, but Fifty Shades of Grey has broken print sales records too.
