Cathy Kelly Explained

Cathy Kelly
Birth Date:1966 9, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Language:English
Period:1997–present
Genre:Women's fiction
Subject:Women and relationships
Awards:RoNA Award

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]

Life and career

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

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

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

Her books Lessons in Heartbreak and Homecoming were shortlisted for the Eason Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.[4] Once in a Lifetime topped the UK bestsellers again[5] for multiple weeks.[6] In March 2011, Homecoming did the same. Her short story collection, Christmas Magic, was the Christmas number one in Ireland. 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.[7]

Kelly is involved with many charities and has been an ambassador for UNICEF Ireland since 2005.[8] [9]

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

Published works

Novels

Novellas

Collections

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cathy Kelly goes from agony aunt to bestselling novelist . 27 August 2010. 27 October 2011. Brisbane Courier-Mail.
  2. Web site: Awards . 2024-01-14 . RNA . en-GB.
  3. Web site: 6 March 2012 . Home . Cathy Kelly.
  4. News: Burke-Kennedy . Eoin . 1 April 2009 . Eclectic shortlist for Irish Book Awards . 13 January 2024 . The Irish Times.
  5. News: Byrne . Andrea . 20 September 2009 . Literary elite bring their words to life . 13 January 2024 . Irish Independent.
  6. Stone . Philip . 15 September 2009 . Cathy Kelly stays on top for HarperCollins . live . 13 January 2024 . The Bookseller . https://web.archive.org/web/20100119090216/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/96846-cathy-kelly-stays-on-top-for-harpercollins.html . 19 January 2010.
  7. Web site: Cathy Kelly . 13 January 2024 . Curtis Brown.
  8. News: Askin . Pauline . 1 April 2009 . Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly . 13 January 2024 . Reuters.
  9. News: 12 December 2009 . what you can do to help unicef . 13 January 2024 . Irish Independent.
  10. Web site: Fetherstonhaugh . Neil . 14 December 2021 . Author Cathy Kelly to compete on Dancing with the Stars . 13 January 2024 . SundayWorld.com.
  11. Web site: Secrets of a Happy Marriage by Cathy Kelly . 2017-01-29 . Fantastic Fiction .

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