‘It was nothing like Fifty Shades’
TEACHER AND SEX NOVELIST
Sue Bordley, 50, is an author and teacher from the Wirral.
As I arrived at school on a Monday morning in 2018, no one could mistake me for anyone other than Sue Bordley, the English supply teacher. That is, unless they spotted my car’s number plate in the car park – JE55 XYZ – the only hint of my alter ego, steamy novelist Jess Molyneux…
Two years earlier, I’d been sitting in front of my classroom when I overheard some girls excitedly chatting about a book they were reading.
‘I’D HAVE TO WRITE IT MYSELF’
As an English teacher, I’d usually be elated to see my students enthusiastic about, EL James’ chart-topping erotica. ‘Definitely not appropriate for 15-year-olds,’ I thought. The more I heard them chat, the clearer it became that their knowledge of real physical relationships was shockingly poor.
