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Bryony Gordon is an award-winning journalist, author and mental health campaigner. Currently, Bryony writes a weekly Daily Mail column, having previously written for the Telegraph for 24 years. In May 2025, Bryony was awarded Tabloid Columnist of the Year at the Press Awards. Bryony has penned six Sunday Times Bestselling books, two of which were #1 Sunday Times Bestsellers: “Mad Girl” and “You Got This”. She regularly features as a panellist on ITV’s Lorraine and This Morning.
Additionally, Bryony has hosted 2 top podcasts, most recently The Life of Bryony with guests including Millie Mackintosh, Adele Roberts and Helen Flanagan. Her previous podcast, Mad World featured Prince Harry, Mel B and Nadiya Hussain as guests. In 2017, she won the Mind Making A Difference Award for her work in changing the perception of mental health in the media. In 2019 she was made Mental Health Advocate of the Year at the Stylist Remarkable Women Awards. In 2020 she won the Journalist's Charity Special Award for her writing about mental illness, and in 2023 she was given the President's Medal by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Bryony regularly campaigns for body positivity and has run the London Marathon, three times in her underwear.

Most recently, Bryony has enjoyed sharing her fiercely funny and first novel, People Pleaser.