Cecelia Ahern

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Cecelia Ahern (born September 30, 1981) is an Irish novelist whose work was first published in 2004. Ahern was born and raised in Dublin. He is now published in nearly fifty countries, and has sold over 25 million copies of his novel worldwide. Two of his books have been adapted as a movie and he has made several TV series.

He and his books have won many awards, including the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction for the Year. I have published several novels and contributed a number of short stories to various anthologies. Ahern also invented and produced the ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate.

He is the face of Irish Littlewoods.

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Biography

Personal life

Ahern is the daughter of the former Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. Her sister, Georgina Ahern, married Nicky Byrne from the Irish pop group Westlife. In 2000, Cecelia Ahern was part of Swedish pop group Shimma, who finished third in Ireland's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Prior to starting writing and earning a career, he earned a degree in Journalism and Media Communication from Griffith College Dublin, but withdrew from his Master's degree program to pursue his writing career.

On December 14, 2009, it was announced that Cecelia had given birth to her first child with husband David Keoghan, a girl named Robin. One of his spokesmen confirmed in March 2012 that he was pregnant with a second child. Cecelia gave birth to her second child, a boy named Sonny on July 23, 2012. They currently live in Malahide in North County Dublin.

Writing career

In 2002, when Cecelia Ahern was twenty-one years old, she wrote her first novel, PS I Love You. Published in 2004, it was the No. 1 bestseller in Ireland (for 19 weeks), United Kingdom, US, Germany, and the Netherlands. It is sold in over forty countries. The book is adapted as a film directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. It was released in the United States on December 21, 2007.

Her second book, Where Rainbows End (US Love, Rosie ), also reached number 1 in Ireland and England, and won the German CORINE Award in 2005. It was adapted as a movie titled Love, Rosie released in 2014, directed by Christian Ditter and starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin.

She has contributed to charity books with royalties from short stories such as Irish Girl Back in the City Women's Evening .

Cecelia is a co-creator with (along with Donald Todd) and producer ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate, Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, Barry Watson, Kevin Dunn, Melissa McCarthy and Tim Russ.

His book The Gift was published before Christmas 2008 in the UK. The next book, The Book of Tomorrow , was published on October 1, 2009. In 2016, Cecelia released Flawed , her first book for young adults, and Lyrebird

Awards and achievements

Cecelia was nominated for Best Newcomer 2004/5 at the British Book Awards for debut novel PS, I Love You . He won the 2005 Irish Undergraduate Award for the Corine Literary and Correspondence 2005 for his second book Rainbows End , (Bulu Immer Vielleicht) selected by German readers. In 2006, he was enrolled for the IMPAC award for PS I Love You . Cosmopolitan AS honors it with Fearless Fiction Award 2007 for If You Could See Me Now. Irish Tatler was awarded the Writer of the Year award at the Woman of the Year award in 2009. The fifth novel of Cecelia, Thanks for the Memories was nominated for the Most Popular Book in the British Book Awards 2008. Cecelia was elected as the Year Writer in UK Glamor Women of the Year Awards 2008.

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Bibliography

Single novels

• PS, I Love You (2004)
• Where Rainbows End (2004) (titled Rosie Dunne or Love, Rosie
• If You Can See Me Now (2005) (titled A Silver Lining in the US.)
• The Place Here Called (2006) (titled There is No Place Like It in the US.)
• Thanks for the memories (2008)
• Prizes (2008)
• The Book of Tomorrow (2009)
• Girl in Mirror/Memory Maker (short story) (2010)
• My Life Time (2011)
• One Hundred Names (2012)
• How to Fall Love (2013)
• My Year Meet You (2014)
• Collector Marble (2015)
• Disabled (2016)
• Lyrebird (2016)
• Perfect (2017)

Short

• 24 Minutes in "Moments" (2004)
• Next Stop: Table For Two in "Short and Sweet" (2005)
• Calling in "Irish Girl Back In Town" (2005) (with Patricia Scanlan, Gemma O'Connor and Sarah Webb)
• Madam. Whippy (2006)
• End in "Girls In/Ladies Night Night" (with Wendy Holden, Freya North, Cathy Kelly,...)

Production lines for Express Magazine

• Every Year for "Harrod's Magazine"
• Things I Remember for "Woman's Own"
• Remembering Mom for "Express Magazine"
• Mallard and May for "Women and Home"

TV Jobs

• Samantha Who? (with Donald Todd)
• Zwischen Himmel und Hier (Between Heaven and Here) (for ZDF)
• Mein Ganzes Halbes Leben (My Whole Half Life) (for ZDF)

Adaptation films

• P.S. I Love You (2007)
• Love, Rosie (2014)

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Reference

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External links

• Cecelia Ahern on IMDb
• The official website of Cecelia Ahern
• Written In The Night - a fan

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