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Meet the author behind the steamy 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' phenomenon

Kirsten AcunaFeb 17, 2015, 02:57 IST

Denis Poroy/Invision/APE.L. James at San Diego Comic-Con in 2012.

The "Fifty Shades of Grey" movie has already made over $266 million at the box office.

In 2012, the erotica trilogy by E.L James became a phenomenon dubbed "mommy porn."

Women openly read it without shame on the subway and went nuts fan-casting the full-length movie.The raunchy books follow naive college graduate Anastasia Steele and her billionaire boyfriend Christian Grey; however, you probably do not know much about series' creator.