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It's the fantasy of first love. If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book. And it is such a fantasy. It takes you away from doing the dishes and the laundry. I think of this as a contemporary romance rather than erotic fiction.

E. L. James

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E. L. James
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 7
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London
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Erika Leonard
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