WRITER

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 3,231,331 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. E. L. James is the 4,738th most popular writer (down from 4,069th in 2019), the 3,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,997th in 2019) and the 390th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

World of chemistry
Chemistry
1976
50 Shades of Grey
A sexy book about love and lust.
2011
Elements of Writing
Study and teaching (Secondary), Composition and exercises, Rhetoric
1993
Alcatraz
Classic Literature, Fiction, Thriller
1991
Contending theories of international relations
International relations, Internationale betrekkingen, Relations internationales
1971
Fifty shades of Grey
Man-woman relationships, Fiction
Amazing!
2011

Page views of E. L. James by language

Over the past year E. L. James has had the most page views in the with 253,191 views, followed by Spanish (31,140), and Russian (26,719). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (83.80%), Malayalam (71.97%), and Catalan (61.78%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, E. L. James ranks 4,738 out of 7,302. Before her are Elizabeth Jane Howard, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Rosa Mayreder, Damon Knight, Hedwig Courths-Mahler, and Aaron Sorkin. After her are Hanna Krall, Jean Cau, Dharamvir Bharati, José María Heredia y Heredia, Henri Bosco, and Jean Tardieu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, E. L. James ranks 246. Before her are Holt McCallany, Yulduz Usmonova, Jiang Wen, Rosario Flores, Ivan Capelli, and Clint Mansell. After her are Henri Leconte, Raimond Aumann, Slobodan Živojinović, R. J. Palacio, Yann Martel, and Jón Kalman Stefánsson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, E. L. James ranks 3,429 out of 8,785. Before her are Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), John O. Westwood (1805), Joe Jackson (1954), Wilfred Baddeley (1872), and Stanley Spencer (1891). After her are Peter Davison (1951), Tony Martin (1957), Gerrard Winstanley (1609), Peter Molyneux (1959), Val McDermid (1955), and Samantha Bond (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, E. L. James ranks 390. Before her are Edward William Lane (1801), Michael Frayn (1933), Edith Sitwell (1887), William Tenn (1920), Brian Lumley (1937), and Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923). After her are Val McDermid (1955), Edward James (1907), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), Hannah More (1745), Robert Bolt (1924), and William Martin Leake (1777).

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