Fifty Shades' Fan Fiction Origins
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Shaan Puri shares the surprising origin story of "Fifty Shades of Grey."
"The backstory of how 'Fifty Shades of Grey' came to be is crazy. Twilight comes out, it's a vampire story, it's great. Then somebody goes on Wattpad and writes a fan fiction version of Twilight. That was the early version of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' People liked it, and it became popular. Then somebody picked it up and rebranded it as its own thing instead of as Twilight fan fiction. It became one of the best-selling books of all time, starting as a fan fiction blog on Wattpad."
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.