Cathy Kelly

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Cathy Kelly
Born (1966-09-12) 12 September 1966 (age 58) [1]
Belfast, Northern Ireland
LanguageEnglish
Period1997–present
Genre Women's fiction
SubjectWomen and relationships
Notable awards RoNA Award
Website
www.cathykelly.co.uk

Cathy Kelly (born September 12, 1966) is an Irish writer of women's fiction and a former journalist. In 2001, her novel Someone Like You won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association. [2]

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Life and career

Born in Belfast but raised in Dublin, [3] Kelly studied at a convent school. She was a journalist for the Sunday World, where she published an advice column and film criticism. [3]

Kelly published her first book Woman To Woman, which became an international bestseller, in 1997. [3] She published two more books, She’s The One and Never Too Late, before retiring from journalism in 2001. [4]

Someone Like You, What She Wants, Just Between Us, and Best of Friends followed in successive years. [4] Always and Forever was her first hardback to reach number one, then it topped the overall UK bestseller list in October 2005. [4]

Her books Lessons in Heartbreak and Homecoming were shortlisted for the Eason Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. [5] Once in a Lifetime topped the UK bestsellers again [6] for multiple weeks. [7] In March 2011, Homecoming did the same. Her short story collection, Christmas Magic, was the Christmas number one in Ireland. [4] She is a number one bestseller in Australia and New Zealand, where she tours annually, and her works have been translated into many different languages. [8]

Kelly is involved with many charities and has been an ambassador for UNICEF Ireland since 2005. [3] [9]

In 2022, Kelly appeared on the fifth series of the Irish version of Dancing With the Stars. [10]

Published works

Novels

Novellas

Collections

References and sources

  1. ↑ "Cathy Kelly goes from agony aunt to bestselling novelist". Brisbane Courier-Mail. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Awards". RNA. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Askin, Pauline (1 April 2009). "Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly". Reuters . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Home". Cathy Kelly. 6 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Burke-Kennedy, Eoin (1 April 2009). "Eclectic shortlist for Irish Book Awards". The Irish Times . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Byrne, Andrea (20 September 2009). "Literary elite bring their words to life". Irish Independent . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Stone, Philip (15 September 2009). "Cathy Kelly stays on top for HarperCollins". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Cathy Kelly". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "what you can do to help unicef". Irish Independent . 12 December 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  10. ↑ Fetherstonhaugh, Neil (14 December 2021). "Author Cathy Kelly to compete on Dancing with the Stars". SundayWorld.com. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Secrets of a Happy Marriage by Cathy Kelly". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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