Cecelia Ahern is an Irish novelist and daughter of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Considered a rising star of Irish literature, her many novels and short stories have sold like hotcakes, and are among the bestsellers of recent years. One of the most famous was P.S. I Love You, recently adapted into a film…
Cecelia Ahern was born on September 30, 1981 in Dublin, into a rather well-off family. His father was a great politician, who served many terms as a minister in the Irish government, eventually becoming Taoiseach from 1997 until May 2008, when he resigned following a bribery scandal.
Meanwhile, Cecelia discovered the joys of literature, and went on to study journalism and communications at Griffith College, Dublin. Brilliant, she quickly obtained her diploma and tried to make a place for herself in this closed environment.
She began writing her first novel at the age of 21: P.S. I Love You, about a couple whose American-Irish husband dies of a brain tumor. His wife, now a widow, is a recluse in her grief, but a few weeks later receives posthumous letters from her husband, to help her regain a taste for life.
The success of this first novel was phenomenal: his book topped the bestseller list in Ireland for 19 weeks, and the rest of Europe and the USA snapped up this literary gem. So much so that in 2007 she was approached to donate the rights to adapt the novel into a film, with Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler making a film of the same name: P.S. I Love You.
Following this initial success, Cecilia Ahern went on to write several short stories and a second novel, “Where Rainbows End”. Once again, the book was a great success, winning the German CORINE prize.
Two more successful novels later, Cecilia Ahern turns her attention from writing to the world of music and television. She also co-produced the American series Samantha Who, and has made brief musical appearances since 2000, when she took part in the Eurovision Song Contest as part of the pop group Shimma.
