| Cecelia Ahern | |
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| Born | 30 September 1981 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Griffith College, Dublin |
| Period | 2002 - present |
| Genres | Romance, sentimental, chick lit |
| Notable work(s) | PS, I Love You, Where Rainbows End, If You Could See Me Now, A Place Called Here, Thanks For The Memories, The Gift and The Book of Tomorrow |
| Partner(s) | David Keoghan |
| Relative(s) | Bertie Ahern (father), Georgina Ahern (older sister) and Nicky Byrne (brother-in-law) |
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Cecelia Ahern (Irish: Cecelia Ní hEachthairn, born 30 September 1981) is an Irish novelist, since 2004. In addition to publishing several novels, she has also contributed a number of short stories to various anthologies, for which all her royalties go to charity.
Ahern also created and produced the ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate. Her writings can be compared to the work of Jessica Adams, Susie Boyt and Jenny Colgan.
She is a face of Littlewoods Ireland.[1]
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Ahern is the daughter of the former Taoiseach of Ireland, Bertie Ahern. Her older sister, Georgina Ahern is married to Nicky Byrne of Irish pop group Westlife.
In 2000, she was part of the Irish pop group Shimma, who finished third in the Irish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.[2]
Before starting her writing and producing career, she obtained a degree in Journalism and Media Communications from Griffith College Dublin.
On 14 December 2009 it was announced that Cecelia had given birth to her first child with partner David Keoghan, a girl named Robin.
In 2002, when Cecelia Ahern was twenty-one, she wrote her first novel, PS, I Love You. Published in 2004, it was the number 1 bestseller in Ireland (for 19 weeks), the United Kingdom, U.S., Germany and Holland. It is sold in over forty countries. The book was adapted as a motion picture directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. It was released in the USA on 21 December 2007.[3] The work has stirred up some controversy for its close similarity to a 1997 Korean film entitled "The Letter" (편지), starring Choi Jin-shil and Park Shin-yang.[4]
Her second book, Where Rainbows End (U.S. Love, Rosie), also reached number 1 in Ireland and the UK, and won the German CORINE Award in 2005.[3]
She has contributed to charity books with short stories such as Irish Girls are Back in Town and Ladies' Night.
Cecelia was the co-creator (along with Donald Todd) and producer of the ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate, Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, Barry Watson, Kevin Dunn, Melissa McCarthy and Tim Russ.[3]
Her second to latest book is called The Gift and was published just before Christmas 2008 in the UK.[3] Her following book, The Book of Tomorrow, was published on the 1 October 2009.
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