When Anastasia Steele, a literature student, interviews the wealthy entrepreneur Christian Grey, she is both seduced and deeply intimidated. Convinced that their meeting was disastrous, she tries to forget him until he arrives in the store where she works part-time and offers him an appointment. Naive and innocent, Ana is troubled to see that she is madly attracted to this man. When he suggests that she keep her distance, she only desires him more. But Grey is tormented by her inner demons and the need to control everything. When they start a passionate affair, Ana discovers her erotic power, as well as the dark part that Grey wants to hide.

EL James, a former TV producer, married and mother of two, lives in London. Since she was a child, she had dreamed of writing but had put this project on hold to devote herself to her family and her career. She finally found the courage to write her trilogy Fifty Shades, which instantly became a world success/(Fifty shades of Grey, Fifty shades darker, Fifty shades lighter). Fifty shades of Grey, the first volume of the famous trilogy Fifty Shades, is the world’s best-selling novel in 2012.