Cathy Kelly was born 12 September 1966 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but raised in Dublin.
Cathy initially worked for thirteen years as a newspaper journalist with a national Irish Sunday newspaper, where she worked in news, features, along with spending time as an agony aunt and the paper’s film critic. However, her overwhelming love was always fiction and she published her first international bestseller, Woman To Woman, in 1997. She did not become a full-time writer until she had written another two books, and finally decided to leave the world of journalism in 2001, moving to HarperCollins Publishers at the same time. Her trademark is warm story-telling and she consistently tops the bestseller lists around the world with books which deal with themes ranging from relationships and marriage to depression and loss, but always with an uplifting message and strong female characters at the heart.
Cathy also has a passionate interest in children’s rights and is an ambassador for UNICEF Ireland. Her role for UNICEF is a Global Parent, which means raising funds and awareness for children orphaned by or living with HIV/AIDs.
Cathy lives with her husband, John, their twin sons, Dylan and Murray, and their three dogs in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.
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Fiction, Women, Ireland, fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, family life, Female friendship, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, romance, general, Families, Friendship, fiction, Life change events, Middle-aged women, Mothers, Mothers and daughters, fiction, Women in journalism, Adultery, Aging, Amitié féminine, Anecdotes, Betrothal, Businessmen, Country life, Courts, Department storesTime
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