In 2019 she published her first book unconnected with the fictional world of Fifty Shades, The Mister, to negative critical reaction. Prior to this, she wrote the Twilight fan fiction 'Master of the Universe' that served as the basis for the Fifty Shades trilogy under the web name Snowqueens Icedragon. She wrote the best-selling erotic romance trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed, along with the companion novels Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian, Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian, and Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian.

Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E.