What is Helen Fielding?
[[File:HF-purple-with-chair.jpg|thumb|200px|Fielding in 2009]] '''Helen Fielding''' (born 1958) is a [[British people|British]] novelist and screenwriter. She is best known as the creator of the book series about the fictional character [[Bridget Jones]]. ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' (1996) and '' [[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]'' (1999) were published in 40 countries and sold more than 15&nbsp;million copies. The book series spawned a [[trilogy]] of movies. [[Renée Zellweger]] starred as Jones. Fielding was born in [[Morley, West Yorkshire|Morley]], [[West Yorkshire]]. She was in a relationship with American screenwriter [[Kevin Curran (writer)|Kevin Curran]] from 1999 until his death in 2016. The couple had two children.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-curran-dead-simpsons-writer-was-59-941252 |title=Kevin Curran, Writer and Producer on 'The Simpsons,' Dies at 59 |journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=25 October 2016 |access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fielding, Helen}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:English screenwriters]] [[Category:People from West Yorkshire]] {{bio-stub}}