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E.L. James dishes on her life as mother, wife, and erotic novelist

By Beth Teitell

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 03, 2012

Talk about a fantasy. In mere months, E.L. James went from being a little-known author to a global publishing sensation with her erotic “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy. Ahead of a book signing in Burlington, the Globe chatted with James about her own marriage, her deep knowledge of kinky sex — and the secret behind her pseudonym.

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