The Secret Life of EL James: an unauthorized biography
by:
Marc Shapiro (author)
Discover the secrets behind the Red Room of Pain The intricacies of making love in the backseat of an expensive sports car The rough and tumble process of editing Fifty Shades of Grey Find out where the name E.L. James really comes from And finally the step by step process by which this...
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Discover the secrets behind the Red Room of Pain The intricacies of making love in the backseat of an expensive sports car The rough and tumble process of editing Fifty Shades of Grey Find out where the name E.L. James really comes from And finally the step by step process by which this middle-aged British mother of two came up with the international best-selling erotic romance series that has sold more copies than Harry Potter NY Times best-selling biographer Marc Shapiro uncovers the inspiration and secrets behind this writing sensation, explaining how she did it with exclusive interviews with her editors and early fans. Marc Shapiro is the NY Times best-selling author of J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter, Justin Bieber: The Fever! and many other best-selling celebrity biographies. He has been a free-lance entertainment journalist for more than twenty-five years, covering film, television, and music for a number of national and international newspapers and magazines.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781626010000 (1626010005)
ASIN: 1626010005
Publish date: 2012-12-17
Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books
Pages no: 174
Edition language: English
This is a short book, which makes sense because there really isn't much to say. Everything you would want to know about EL James you could easily find via Google. This book serves to collect everything in one place.
The blurb for this book sounds interesting, doesn’t it? Except that it wasn’t, not really. To be honest, I’ve got to admit that it can’t be easy writing an un-authorized biography these days. With all sorts of information about virtually everybody freely available on the internet and the book’s subj...
Initial reaction: Well, suffice to say that I won't be reading any further of Marc Shapiro's so-called biographies, because if this constitutes a "biography" with the obviously author glorified, skewed perspective, heavily biased, and sloppily written mess that this book was - I certainly beg to dif...
The Secret Life of E.L. James, eh? What's the secret?That she's actually fully literate? Because her writing would suggest otherwise.That she didn't just find out about sex? Okay, well, she's a mother so obviously she didn't, and it's not secret. But, again, going by her writing one has to wonder.Ok...
Added 12/29/12:So, this is on auto-approve on Netgalley. What the hell, I got a copy. I'm gonna read this. And if any of it is fiction, I'll be sure to let you know."The intricacies of making love in the backseat of an expensive sports car" -> Husband took her to the Audi dealership so she could che...
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