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E.L. James

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    (circa 1963- )
    Actual name is Erika Leonard
    Resident of West London
    Former television executive
    Wrote the erotic novels 'Fifty Shades of Grey' (2011), 'Fifty Shades Darker' (2012) and 'Fifty Shades Freed' (2012)

Why she might be annoying:

    'Fifty Shades of Grey' grew out of Twilight fanfiction that she wrote under the pen name 'Snowqueens Icedragon.'
    She described the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy as 'my midlife crisis, writ large.'
    The 'Telegraph' described her writing as 'appalling' and 'hackneyed.'
    Her books were banned from several public libraries for their depicitions of sex and S&M.
    Her books have been dubbed 'mommy porn.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    After a two-week book tour of America, her trilogy occupied the top three spots on the 'USA Today' best-sellers list.
    She was named to Time's '100 Most Influential People in the World' list (2012).
    Her reaction to a Saturday Night Live spoof ad for 'Fifty Shades of Grey': 'I laughed my socks off.'
    She said she receives a lot of emails from fans thanking her for spicing up their love lives.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 206 Votes: 65.05% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 50 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 51 Votes: 80.39% Annoying