Helen Fielding was born in Yorkshire and lives in London. She worked for several years for the BBC and now writes for various national newspapers. Helen Fielding began writing in the guise of Bridget Jones in a column in The Independent newspaper. Its popularity led her to create a novel based on Bridget's diary. Both hilarious and acutely perceptive, the book struck a chord with women everywhere and achieved cult status, topping the best-seller lists for weeks on end. Fans of Bridget Jones were delighted when the sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, was published in 2000. Both Bridget Jones novels were made into major Hollywood movies, with actress Renee Zellweger starring as its hapless heroine. Her first novel, Cause Celeb was published by Picador in 1994. The multi-million-copy number one bestseller One of The Sunday Times's top 100 bestselling books of the past 50 years Welcome to Bridget’s first diary: mercilessly funny, endlessly touching and utterly addictive. A dazzlingly urban satire on modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? As Bridget documents her struggles through the social minefield of her thirties and tries to weigh up the eternal question (Daniel Cleaver or Mark Darcy?), she turns for support to four indispensable friends: Shazzer, Jude, Tom and a bottle of Chardonnay. Helen Fielding's first Bridget Jones novel, Bridget Jones's Diary, sparked a phenomenon that has seen four books, newspaper columns and the smash-hit film series Bridget Jones's Diary, The Edge of Reason, Bridget Jones's Baby and Mad About the Boy. ‘Hilariously funny, miraculously observed, endlessly touching’ Jilly Cooper, The Daily Telegraph Bridget Jones's Diary was featured in 'The 100 bestselling books of the past 50 years' published by The Sunday Times on 18/08/2024