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Helen Fielding


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Helen Fielding was born in Yorkshire and now lives and works in London. Bridget Jones's Diary was her second novel following the publication of Cause Celeb in 1994. Fielding worked for the BBC for several years where she produced documentaries in Africa for Comic Relief. Cause Celeb combines the comic and the tragic, examining the uneasy relationship between starving people in Africa and celebrities in the West.
 

Genres: Romance
 
Series
Bridget Jones
   1. Bridget Jones's Diary (1996)
   2. The Edge of Reason (1999)
   3. Mad About the Boy (2013)
   4. Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
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Novels
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Collections
   Word Play (2007)
   Ox-Tales:Air (2009) (with others)
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Non fiction
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Awards
British Book Award Book of the Year winner (1998) : Bridget Jones's Diary
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2000) : The Edge of Reason
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2014) : Mad About the Boy
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Book winner (2017) : Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries


Helen Fielding recommends
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This Bird Has Flown (2023)
Susanna Hoffs
"In this sexy, page-turning treat, Susanna Hoffs writes as engagingly as she sings."
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Pineapple Street (2023)
Jenny Jackson
"I loved Pineapple Street. The characters are complex and engaging and their stories bring a particular slice of New York magically alive. So wise, emotionally honest, and such fun!"
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Payday (2021)
Celia Walden
"With complex female characters spiralling out of control, Payday is tense, full of twists, and impossible to put down."
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How To Be Famous (2018)
Caitlin Moran
"Who better than Caitlin Moran to bring fame down to earth with a bump?"
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Do Not Become Alarmed (2017)
Maile Meloy
"This hugely suspenseful novel will speak to anyone who has ever felt responsible for keeping a loved one safe, whether it was a child, a partner, a parent, or a friend. Meloy's characters-the adults and the children-feel like real, living people I'll never forget."
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The Best Awful (2004)
(Suzanne Vale, book 2)
Carrie Fisher
"Hilarious and original...funny, perceptive, engaging, touching...and honest (though of course it's all entirely fictional."

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