Cathy Kelly

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Cathy Kelly
Born (1966-09-12) 12 September 1966 (age 57) [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 former journalist and writer of women's fiction. In 2001, her novel Someone Like You won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award granted by the Romantic Novelists' Association. [2]

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Biography

Early life and career

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

Kelly published her first international bestseller, Woman To Woman, 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 number one and then 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 for Kelly again [6] for multiple weeks. [7] In March 2011, Homecoming achieved the same feat. Her recent short story collection, Christmas Magic, was Christmas number one in Ireland. [4] She is popular around the world: a number one bestseller in Australia and New Zealand, where she tours annually, and published in many different languages. [8]

Kelly is involved with many charities and had 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]

Bibliography

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 by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 13 October 2012
  3. 1 2 3 4 Pauline Askin (1 April 2009). "Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly". Reuters . Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Cathy Kelly The Official Site". 6 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Eoin Burke-Kennedy (1 April 2009). "Eclectic shortlist for Irish Book Awards". The Irish Times . Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  6. ↑ Andrea Byrne (20 September 2009). "Literary elite bring their words to life". Irish Independent . Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  7. ↑ Philip Stone (15 September 2009). "Cathy Kelly stays on top for HarperCollins". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Curtis Brown". 6 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "what you can do to help unicef". Irish Independent . 12 December 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "Author Cathy Kelly to compete on Dancing with the Stars". sundayworld.
  11. ↑ "Secrets of a Happy Marriage by Cathy Kelly". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

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