E. L. James fastest selling paperback of all time. In 2012, "Time" magazine named her one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People." The novels were subsequently adapted into the films "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades Darker", and "Fifty Shades Freed". Erika Mitchell was born on 7 March 1963 in Willesden, Middlesex to a Chilean mother and a Scottish father who was a BBC cameraman. She was brought up in Buckinghamshire. James was educated at the independent Pipers Corner School and at Wycombe High School, a state grammar school for girls in the town of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, followed by the
Fifty Shades Darker (film) the United Kingdom ($9.7 million), France ($8.7 million), Brazil ($7.5 million), Italy ($6.8 million), and Russia ($6.7 million). Much like its predecessor, "Fifty Shades Darker" received negative reviews from critics, who criticized its screenplay, narrative and Dornan's performance. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 10% based on 176 reviews, with an average rating of 3.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Lacking enough chemistry heat or narrative friction to satisfy, the limp "Fifty Shades Darker" wants to be kinky but only serves as its own form of punishment." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized