13 Successful First Novels by Female Writers

British writer Erika Leonard, known by her pseudonym E L James, initially wrote Twilight fan fiction in 2009 that turned into her breakout bestseller, Fifty Shades of Grey. Since being released in 2011, the erotic trilogy has surpassed 100 million copies worldwide and set the record for fastest-selling paperback of all time (beating out the Harry Potter series). A film series is also already in the works.