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I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing 'Bridget Jones' to get some money, to finance this earnest work, and then I chucked it out.
Helen Fielding
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Helen Fielding
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 19
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