Biography
Helen Fielding (born 19 February 1958) is a British journalist, novelist and screenwriter. She grew up in Morley, West Yorkshire, and read English at St Anne's College, Oxford. After working at the BBC, she began her writing career with the novel Cause Celeb (1994).
Fielding created the character Bridget Jones in an anonymous column for The Independent newspaper. This led to the novels Bridget Jones's Diary (1996), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (1999), Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries (2017) and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2013). She wrote the screenplays for the film adaptations Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025).
