Question: Are Helen Fielding and Thomas Friedman both writers?

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Friedman Unit: The Friedman Unit, or simply Friedman, is a tongue-in-cheek neologism.  One Friedman Unit is equal to six months, specifically the "next six months", a period repeatedly declared by "New York Times" columnist Thomas Friedman to be the most critical of the then-ongoing Iraq War even though such pronouncements extended back over two and a half years.

Echo Hill Ranch: Echo Hill Ranch is a summer ranch camp of about 400 acres (1.6 km²) in the Texas Hill Country.  The ranch was founded in 1953 by Dr. S. Thomas Friedman and Minnie Samet Friedman.  It is located south of Kerrville near Medina.  Echo Hill was founded as a noncompetitive, child-centered ranch camp for boys and girls ages 6–14.  Echo Hill Ranch is the current residence of Texas musician/writer/gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman.  July 24, 2013 the camp announced via their Facebook page that it would not reopen for summer of 2014.

Thomas Friedman: Thomas Loren Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist and author.  He is a three time Pulitzer Prize winner.

Curiosity quotient: Curiosity quotient is a term put forth by author and journalist Thomas L. Friedman as part of an illustrative formula to explain how individuals can be powerfully motivated to learn about a personally interesting subject, whether or not they possess a particularly high intelligence quotient (IQ).  The non-mathematical and fictitious formula is CQ + PQ > IQ; where CQ is "curiosity quotient" and PQ is "passion quotient."  Thomas Friedman states that when curiosity is paired with passion in the exploration of a subject of interest, an individual may be able to acquire an amount of knowledge comparable that of a person who is exceptionally intelligent, because of the vast amount of information resources available through the Internet.

Bridget Jones's Baby: Bridget Jones's Baby is a 2016 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson, based on the fictional columns by Fielding.  It is the third film in the franchise and a sequel to 2004 film "".  The film stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, who after becoming pregnant is unsure if Mark Darcy (Colin Firth, also reprising his role) or Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey) is the father.

Helen Fielding: Helen Fielding is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, and a sequence of novels and films beginning with the life of a thirtysomething singleton in London trying to make sense of life and love. " Bridget Jones's Diary" (1996) and " " (1999) were published in 40 countries and sold more than 15 million copies.  The two films of the same name achieved international success.  In a survey conducted by "The Guardian" newspaper, "Bridget Jones’s Diary" was named as one of the ten novels that best defined the 20th century.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film): Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a 2004 British-American romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron and written by Adam Brooks, Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding, based on Fielding's .  It stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, and Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America is a book by "New York Times" Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas Friedman, proposing that the solutions to global warming and the best method to regain the United States' economic and political stature in the world are to embrace the clean energy and green technology industries.  The title derives from the convergence of Hot (global warming), Flat (globalization, as discussed in Friedman's book "The World Is Flat") and Crowded (population growth).

Bridget Jones's Diary (film): Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British-American-French romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding.  It is based on Fielding's novel of the same name, which is a reinterpretation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".  The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy.  Production began in May 2000 and ended in August 2000, and took place largely on location in London and the Home Counties.  The film premiered on 4 April 2001 in the UK and was released to theatres on 13 April 2001 simultaneously in the UK and in the US.

Bridget Jones: Bridget Jones is a franchise based on a fictional character of the same name.  British writer Helen Fielding started her "Bridget Jones's Diary" column in "The Independent" in 1995, while chronicling the life of Jones as a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life and love with the help of a surrogate "urban family" of friends in the 1990s.  The column lampooned the obsession of women with women's magazines such as "Cosmopolitan" and wider social trends in Britain at the time.  Fielding published the novelisation of the column in 1996, followed by a sequel in 1999 called "".

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Answer: yes