Helen Fielding (born 19 February 1958) is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, a sequence of novels and films that chronicle the life of a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life and love.
Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason have been published in forty countries and sold over 15 million copies. The two movies of the same name have achieved worldwide success. Bridget Jones’s Diary was named as one of the ten novels that best defined the 20th century, in a survey conducted by The Guardian newspaper.
In November 2012, Fielding announced she has begun writing the third instalment in the Bridget Jones' series, which is due to be published in Autumn 2013.
Read more about Helen Fielding: Biography, Bridget Jones, Bibliography, Films, Awards and Nominations
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