Lori Perkins

BEHIND EVERY AUTHOR, there is a team.

Louise Fury, my agent, who came up with the idea for the book and brought it to me;

Leah Wilson, who was everything an author could dream of in an editor.

EVERYWHERE YOU GO people are talking about Fifty Shades of Grey, from the supermarket (where it is on sale!) to the airport to PTA meetings and even church socials. It is the book of the year, if not the decade.

You all know the stats. It has sold more copies than the Harry Potter series in a mere six months. I

has dominated the New York Times bestseller list since April 2012. As of this writing, 32 million copies have sold this year in the US alone.

I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, as a literary agent who has toiled in the erotica fields for decades, I love the Fifty Shades trilogy.

erotic fiction written, edited, and purchased by women.

which always raises a few eyebrows

proudly owning your sexuality is a big part of equality.