"We're curious to see hear what she has to say," said Michelle Krouner, 52, of Muttontown. That word-of-mouth buzz is what caused the worldwide phenomenon that catapulted an unknown author to rock-star status.
I got many of my friends and family to read it." "It was intriguing to say the least," she says of the "Fifty Shades" trilogy. The luncheon was hosted by Divalysscious Moms, which launches products and plans events for mothers.ĭiana Withers, 37, of Dix Hills, took the day off from her sales job, donned a grey dress, and brought a box of Twinings English Breakfast Tea, protagonist Anastasia Steele's favorite brand, for James to autograph. The luncheon began at 11:30 a.m., with women passing by mirrors covered with quotes from the book such as "What is it about elevators?" "Laters, baby," and "Miss Steele, I do believe you're making my palm twitch." Cardboard cutouts of protagonist Christian Grey's helicopter, which he calls Charlie Tango, hung on the entrance. James recently signed a multimillion-dollar deal to have them brought to the big screen.īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. The original book as well as two sequels - "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed" - are topping best-seller lists. "Fifty Shades of Grey" tells the story of recent college graduate Anastasia Steele and 27-year-old billionaire entrepreneur Christian Grey, who asks Steele to sign a contract to be his submissive partner in a sadomasochistic relationship.
James is married with two sons, ages 15 and 17, and lives in London. "My computer, if it ever gets confiscated by social services, my children will be taken away from me," she joked. James also did quite a bit of investigating on the Internet. My husband would give me this sort of terrified look when I'd say, 'Can we try this?' Some of it ended up in the book and some of it didn't." "I had to do a bit of research for these books," she told the crowd at Carlyle on the Green at Bethpage State Park Monday afternoon. James charmed a room of 400 women when she confessed that she'd roped her husband into testing out some of the scenarios for her bedroom bondage romance "Fifty Shades of Grey."