Mrs Stephen Fry is the fictitious name of a blogger, author and Shorty Awards winning comedy Tweeter best known for her book Mrs Fry's Diary. Edna Fry facetiously claims to be the wife of Stephen Fry and mother to their many children.
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The account claims on the Twitter feed that she is Stephen Fry's "poor, downtrodden wife & mother of his five, six or possibly seven kids". On 14 July 2013 the @MrsStephenFry Twitter statistics were:
On 25 May 2012, the @MrsStephenFry Twitter account was suspected of being hacked after a message was sent from the account offering iPads with a link to a website that one Twitter follower claimed was hosting malware. As a result, a new account appeared on 26 May 2012 for @emergencymrsfry stating in a series of tweets: "Hello, dears. This is an emergency account as I'm afraid mine has been hacked. Sadly so has the associated email address which is now . . unrecoverable according to Googlemail. I therefore have no means to access my account or change its password. I've contacted Twitter . . support but they say there is nothing they can do. I don't know what else to do other than apologise and hope that somebody can help. x . . I would hate to let down my many wonderful followers - yours tearfully putting the kettle on, Edna Fry (Mrs) x".
Awards
In 2010 Edna won the second annual Shorty Awards for comedy, an award presented by the Twitter community, for the Twitter community. Rather than attending the award ceremony in person, Edna sent a video message trimmed to the 140 characters permitted by Twitter.
Books
Edna Fry's first book is a catalogue of comedy tweets, recipes and anecdotes about her life with Stephen and their many offspring. The foreword is written by the more famous Stephen Fry, which has led to conjecture that Edna is the creation of Stephen himself, something that was strenuously denied on the @MrsStephenFry Twitter feed. After British newspaper The Daily Telegraph mentioned this notion on 12 October 2010, an outraged Edna called followers to action: "Lovely followers, tweet/email/bombard the Telegraph to confirm I am none other than Edna Constance Bathsheba Fry. Thank you, dears x x". The Daily Telegraph later backed down, publishing an amendment on their website.
Charity Work
Edna is the patron of Fry's Gig events. Two events in London, hosting music and comedy performances by up-and-coming artists, raised money for the mental health charity Mind. Fry’s Gig New York was held on 22 July 2010 at Sullivan Hall in Greenwich Village, raising money for Housing Works, a charity in New York City that combats HIV/AIDS and homelessness.