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E. L. James

1963 - Today

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Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the best-selling Fifty Shades series of erotic romance novels, which spawned a multimedia franchise including a film trilogy of the same name. Prior to this, she wrote the Twilight fan fiction "Master of the Universe" that served as the basis for the Fifty Shades series under the web name Snowqueens Icedragon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. L. James has received more than 3,251,612 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). E. L. James is the 4,082nd most popular writer (down from 3,556th in 2019), the 3,005th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,642nd in 2019) and the 344th most popular British Writer.

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  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, E. L. James ranks 4,082 out of 5,755. Before her are Michel Carré, Guillaume Musso, Bozorg Alavi, Willibald Alexis, Gennadius of Massilia, and Laura Cereta. After her are Yury Trifonov, Olivier de Serres, Ryhor Baradulin, Viveca Sten, Ivar Lo-Johansson, and Steven Erikson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, E. L. James ranks 198. Before her are Dave Legeno, Ian Wright, Elvira Nabiullina, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Glória Pires, and Érik Comas. After her are Antoine Kombouaré, Harold Perrineau, Phoolan Devi, Aslan Bzhania, Kenny Johnson, and Ivan Capelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, E. L. James ranks 3,005 out of 7,765. Before her are William Wilson (1844), John Scott Haldane (1860), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), Roger Rees (1944), Glyn Johns (1942), and Frederick William Beechey (1796). After her are Stella McCartney (1971), Janet McTeer (1961), Ronald Knox (1888), Richard Hooker (1554), Theo James (1984), and William Hazlitt (1778).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, E. L. James ranks 344. Before her are Joe Abercrombie (1974), Richard Hughes (1900), Michael Morpurgo (1943), Quentin Crisp (1908), Thomas Nashe (1567), and Milo Yiannopoulos (1984). After her are Ronald Knox (1888), William Hazlitt (1778), Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), Donald Adamson (1939), Sarah Kane (1971), and Mary Norton (1903).

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