Celia Walden
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Celia Walden (born 1976) is a British journalist, novelist and critic. She is the daughter of former Conservative Party Member of Parliament George Walden.
Walden was born in Paris and edicated at Westminster School and at Cambridge University. She speaks French and Italian fluently.
Walden is best known as a gossip columnist. She currently edits The Daily Telegraph's Diary, known as "Spy", and appears regularly in person on the Daily Telegraph Podcast. She spent the previous two years as a features writer and celebrity interviewer at the Daily Mail on Sunday's 'Night and Day' Magazine along with Jessica Fellowes ([1]).
Her first novel, Harm's Way, is scheduled to be published in 2007.
Since 2006, she has dated Piers Morgan, the disgraced former editor of the Daily Mirror and now a television personality as well as a fellow critic. Former lovers include the chef Jean-Christophe Novelli.
She is managed by Knight Ayton Management.
[edit] References
- The Observer, Sunday July 9, 2006: Life as a gossip girl, by Polly Vernon Profiles of several UK gossip columnists, including Celia Walden.
- Press Gazette: Axe grinder 28.10.05
- It's a Gossip Thing; Celia Walden and Jessica Fellowes bring you the lowdown on the latest in books, films and celebs... The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 7, 2004
- Celia Walden at the Internet Movie Database
