Biography:
Successful, prolific journalist and broadcaster Nigella Lawson has been described as Britain's "It Girl." One of England's most recognized culinary personalities and the U.K.'s most beautiful woman, Lawson now takes on America, as her extremely popular cooking and lifestyle series Nigella Bites, a smash hit on Britain's Channel 4, premieres in the U.S. November 2001 on the Style network and E! Entertainment Television.

Lawson began her career writing the restaurant review column for The Spectator while on staff of the Sunday Times. She eventually became the publication's deputy literary editor. Her writing led to her current post as food editor of the British version of Vogue and her makeup column for Times Magazine. She also writes for Evening Standard, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph in the U.K. and for Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines in the U.S.

With her unique and refreshing approach to cookery, Lawson's motto is simple: "To achieve maximum pleasure through minimum effort." Her first book, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food (1998), was the basis for her popular TV series Nigella Bites. Her second book, How to Be a Domestic Goddess, published in the U.K. in fall 2000, became an instant bestseller. (Hyperion will publish the book in the U.S. November 2001.)

Not a stranger to the public eye, Lawson is the daughter of Nigel Lawson, who served as Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer, ranking second most powerful person in the government at the time. Lawson is also the widow of John Diamond, a popular British TV host and journalist. She has one daughter, Cosima, and son, Bruno.

Awards and Prizes:
• Guild of Food Writers 2001: Cookery Book of the Year, How to Be a Domestic Goddess
• WH Smith Book Awards 2001: Lifestyle Book of the Year, How to Be a Domestic Goddess
• British Book Awards 2000: Author of the Year
• British Book Awards 1998: Illustrated Book of the Year, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food

Television Credits:
Nigella Bites