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I got into my usual obsessive writing frenzy, using all the material I'd worked on for so long and crafting it into a little novel [Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries].

Helen Fielding

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Helen Fielding
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 19
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