The British author of the erotic Fifty Shades of Grey romance trilogy, she holds the distinction of writing the fastest-selling paperbacks of all time. In 2012, she received the UK National Book Award. She attended the University of Kent and later became an assistant at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. She began her literary career by writing Twilight fan fiction under the pseudonym of "Snowqueens Icedragon."
