Helen Fielding

Helen Fielding is an acclaimed British journalist, novelist, and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the iconic character Bridget Jones. Her work includes multiple bestselling novels and successful film adaptations that have significantly impacted British culture. After her column ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ captivated readers of ‘The Independent’ in 1995, Helen Fielding went on to release the hardback novel in 1996, followed by a paperback edition in 1997 which quickly topped bestseller charts globally, published in over 40 countries. Named one of the ten novels that best defined the 20th century by ‘The Guardian’, the book earned her the British Book of the Year Award in 1997.

Fielding received the Peter Sellers Award for Comedy in 2016 and an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from the University of York in the same year. Her novel ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and received a National Book Award nomination in 2013. Building on her critical acclaim, ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries’ earned her the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize in 2017. Fielding continues her work on the beloved franchise with the highly anticipated film adaptation of ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ scheduled for release in 2025, further solidifying her legacy as a celebrated novelist and screenwriter.