<P> Erika Mitchell Leonard ( born 7 March 1963 ) , known by her pen name E.L. James , is an English author . She wrote the bestselling erotic romance trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey , Fifty Shades Darker , and Fifty Shades Freed , along with the companion novels Grey : Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian and Darker : Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian ; and under the name Snowqueen 's Icedragon the Twilight fan fiction `` Master of the Universe '' that was the basis for the Fifty Shades trilogy . </P>
who is the writer of 50 shades of grey
Erika Mitchell Leonard ( born 7 March 1963 ) , known by her pen name E.L. James