Fifty Shades of Meh

Okay, so there’s this book out. It has caused quite an uproar in some circles, making the rounds not only of the bestseller lists but of the morning talk shows. Have you heard of it? It’s titled Fifty Shades of Grey by some author who is pretentious enough to only go by her (his?) initials. What’s the name? E L (space but no periods please) James. What is it with British authors and initials? J.K. Rowling? D.H. Lawrence? H.G. Wells? Perhaps some adopted initials in order to stump people as to gender. Maybe some were saddled with a less than memorable first name. I think in this case, maybe E L decided to go by her (yes, her, I googled her picture) initials because otherwise it would make shopping at the market or picking up her kids from school a bit embarrassing.