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 Background of Cecelia Ahern

Biography of Cecilia Ahern

Before embarking on her writing career, Cecelia Ahern completed a

Degree in Journalism and Media Communications. At twenty-one, she wrote

her first novel PS, I Love You, which was sold to over forty countries. The

film of the same title (to be released 2007/2008) was optioned by Warner

Bros, directed by Richard La Gravenese and stars Hilary Swank, Lisa

Kudrow, Kathy Bates, Gerry Butler, Harry Connick Jr, Gina Gershon and

Jeffrey Dean Morgan. PS, I Love You was one of the biggest-selling debut

novels of 2004, reaching no. 1 in Ireland for the Richard and Judy Summer

Read campaign. It was also a bestseller throughout Europe and the USA,

staying on the best-seller list in Germany for over 52 weeks and in the UK

Sunday Times bestseller list and was selected.

Cecelia Ahern’s Life

Cecelia Ahern was born on September 30, 1981 in Dublin, Ireland.

She is the daughter of Bertie Ahern, Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) since

June 26,1997, and is the sister-in-law of Nicky Byrne of Irish popgroup

Westlife, who is married to her older sister, Georgina Ahern. In 2000,

Cecelia was part of the Irish pop-group Shimma, who finished third in the

Irish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. Before embarking on

her writing career, Cecelia Ahern completed a Degree in Journalism and

Media Communications.

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 At twenty-one, she wrote her debut novel PS, I Love You, published

in January 2004, which was sold to over forty countries. The novel was one

of the biggest-selling debut novels of 2004, reaching No.1 in Ireland and in

the U.K. Sunday Times bestseller list and was selected for the Richard and

Judy Summer Read campaign. It was also a bestseller throughout Europe

and the U.S.A., staying on the best-seller list in Germany for over 52 weeks.

For her debut novel, she was nominated for Best Newcomer 2004/05 at the

British Book and in 2006, she was long-listed for the IMPAC award. The

film of the same title was optioned by Warner Bros and Wendy Finerman

Productions. It has now been made into a motion picture directed by Richard

LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank, Lisa Kudrow, Kathy Bates, Gerry

Butler, Harry Connick Jr., Gina Gershon and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

In November 2004, her second book, Where Rainbows End (U.S.A.:

Love, Rosie / Rosie Dunne), also reached No.1 in Ireland and the UK,

remaining at the top of the Irish bestsellers list for 12 weeks and again a

bestseller internationally. For her second book, she won the 2005 Irish Post

Award for Literature and a 2005 Corine Award for Where Rainbows End

(Fur Immer Viellecht), which was voted by German readers. In November

2005, her third book, If You Could See Me Now was published and also

became an international bestseller. In May 2007 Cosmopolitan U.S.

honoured her with a Fun Fearless Fiction Award 2007 for her thrid book. It

has been optioned by SB Films (London) Producer Simon Brooks.

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 In October 2006, her fourth novel, A Place Called Here, was a

international number one bestseller and has gone straight to No.1 in U.K.

and Ireland. It was published in U.S.A. under the title There's No Place Like

Here. It is optioned by Touchstone with Warren Littlefield for a TV Drama

series.Cecelia has contributed with short stories to the following anthologies

for which all her royalties go to charity: Irish Girls are Back in Town, Short

and Sweet, Moments, Ladies Night 4, Girls Night in 2 and she has written a

novella titled Mrs. Whippy.

Cecilia has published several novels including Novel The Time Of

My Life was published on 2011 Her eighth novel, one of her best novels.

The Time Of My Life is the story of Lucy Silchester. This novel there are

different from her another novels about how is Lucy Life can be exemple for

the readers and the readers can learn about what is the matter of life that in

small things is very important to us like this man in this novel, the man who

always sent an appointment cards to Lucy eventhough Lucy didn’t realize

that the cards can canges her life. Cecelia Ahern continues living in Dublin

and is currently writing her next novel. (Ken.Cecilia Ahern’s official

biography. Irish Independent media: 2012)

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