E. L. James E. L. James Erika Leonard (née Mitchell; born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is an English author. She wrote the bestselling erotic romance trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades Darker", and "Fifty Shades Freed", along with the companion novels "" and ""; and under the name Snowqueen's Icedragon the Twilight fan fiction "Master of the Universe" that was the basis for the Fifty Shades trilogy. The combined novels have sold over 125 million copies worldwide, over 35 million copies in the United States and set the record in the United Kingdom as the
The Third Wave (Toffler book) The Third Wave (Toffler book) The Third Wave is a 1980 book by Alvin Toffler. It is the sequel to "Future Shock" (1970), and the second in what was originally likely meant to be a trilogy that was continued with "" in 1990. A new addition, "Revolutionary Wealth", was published, however, in 2006 and may be considered as a major expansion of The Third Wave. Toffler's book describes the transition in developed countries from Industrial Age society, which he calls the "Second Wave", to Information Age "Third Wave" society. In the book Toffler describes three types of societies, based on