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'''Cathy Kelly''' (born 12 September 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]] by the [[Romantic Novelists' Association]].<ref name="RoNAAwards">{{Citation|title=Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association|url=http://www.romanticnovelistsassociation.org/index.php/awards|date=13 October 2012}}</ref>
'''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]].<ref name="RoNAAwards">{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://romanticnovelistsassociation.org/awards/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=RNA |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Life and career ==
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Born in [[Belfast]] but raised in [[Dublin]],<ref name="Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly"/> Kelly studied at a [[convent school]]. She was a journalist for the ''[[Sunday World]],'' where she published an [[advice column]] and [[film criticism]].<ref name="Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly"/>


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Kelly published her first book ''Woman To Woman'', which became an international bestseller, in 1997.<ref name="Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly"/> She published two more books, ''She’s The One'' and ''Never Too Late,'' before retiring from journalism in 2001.<ref name="Cathy Kelly The Official Site">{{cite web |date=6 March 2012 |title=Home |url=https://www.cathykelly.co.uk/ |website=Cathy Kelly}}</ref>
===Early life and career===
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Born in [[Belfast]] but raised in [[Dublin]],<ref name="Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly"/> Kelly studied at a [[convent]] school. She worked as a journalist for the ''[[Sunday World]],'' where she published an [[advice column]] and [[film criticism]].<ref name="Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly"/>


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''Someone Like You'', ''What She Wants'', ''Just Between Us,'' and ''Best of Friends'' followed in successive years.<ref name="Cathy Kelly The Official Site" /> ''Always and Forever'' was her first hardback to reach number one, then it topped the overall UK bestseller list in October 2005.<ref name="Cathy Kelly The Official Site" />
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Kelly published her first international bestseller, ''Woman To Woman'', in 1997.<ref name="Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly"/> She published two more books, ''She’s The One'' and ''Never Too Late,'' before retiring from journalism in 2001.<ref name="Cathy Kelly The Official Site">{{cite web |date=6 March 2012 |title=Cathy Kelly The Official Site |url=https://www.cathykelly.co.uk/}}</ref>


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Her books ''Lessons in Heartbreak'' and ''Homecoming'' were shortlisted for the [[Eason & Son|Eason]] Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the [[Irish Book Awards]].<ref name="Eclectic shortlist for Irish Book Awards">{{cite news |author=Burke-Kennedy |first=Eoin |date=1 April 2009 |title=Eclectic shortlist for Irish Book Awards |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/eclectic-shortlist-for-irish-book-awards-1.734701 |accessdate=13 January 2024 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> ''Once in a Lifetime'' topped the UK bestsellers again<ref>{{cite news |author=Byrne |first=Andrea |date=20 September 2009 |title=Literary elite bring their words to life |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/literary-elite-bring-their-words-to-life/26567863.html |accessdate=13 January 2024 |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> for multiple weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Stone |first=Philip |date=15 September 2009 |title=Cathy Kelly stays on top for HarperCollins |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/cathy-kelly-stays-top-harpercollins |url-status=live |access-date=13 January 2024 |magazine=The Bookseller |accessdate= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119090216/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/96846-cathy-kelly-stays-on-top-for-harpercollins.html |archivedate=19 January 2010}}</ref> In March 2011, ''Homecoming'' did the same. Her short story collection, ''Christmas Magic'', was the Christmas number one in Ireland.<ref name="Cathy Kelly The Official Site" /> 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.<ref name="Curtis Brown">{{cite web |date= |title=Cathy Kelly |url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/cathy-kelly |access-date=13 January 2024 |website=Curtis Brown}}</ref>
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''Someone Like You'', ''What She Wants'', ''Just Between Us'' and ''Best of Friends'' followed in successive years.<ref name="Cathy Kelly The Official Site" /> ''Always and Forever'' was her first hardback number one and then topped the overall UK bestseller list during October 2005.<ref name="Cathy Kelly The Official Site" />


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Kelly is involved with many charities and has been an ambassador for [[UNICEF Ireland]] since 2005.<ref name="Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly">{{cite news |author=Askin |first=Pauline |date=1 April 2009 |title=Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/books-author-kelly-idUSSYD50235020090401/ |accessdate=13 January 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=12 December 2009 |title=what you can do to help unicef |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/what-you-can-do-to-help-unicef/26590680.html |accessdate=13 January 2024 |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>
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Her books ''Lessons in Heartbreak'' and ''Homecoming'' were shortlisted for the [[Eason & Son|Eason]] Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the [[Irish Book Awards]].<ref name="Eclectic shortlist for Irish Book Awards">{{cite news|author=Eoin Burke-Kennedy|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0401/1224243794811.html|title=Eclectic shortlist for Irish Book Awards|date=1 April 2009|accessdate=6 February 2010|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> ''Once in a Lifetime'' topped the UK bestsellers for Kelly again,<ref>{{cite news|author=Andrea Byrne|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/literary-elite-bring-their-words-to-life-1891578.html|title=Literary elite bring their words to life|date=20 September 2009|accessdate=6 February 2010|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> for multiple weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Philip Stone |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/96846-cathy-kelly-stays-on-top-for-harpercollins.html |title=Cathy Kelly stays on top for HarperCollins |date=15 September 2009 |accessdate=12 February 2010 |magazine=The Bookseller |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119090216/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/96846-cathy-kelly-stays-on-top-for-harpercollins.html |archivedate=19 January 2010 }}</ref> In March 2011, ''Homecoming'' achieved the same feat. Her recent short story collection, ''Christmas Magic'', was Christmas number one in Ireland.<ref name="Cathy Kelly The Official Site" /> 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.<ref name="Curtis Brown">{{cite web|url=http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/cathy-kelly/|title=Curtis Brown|date=6 March 2012}}</ref>


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In 2022, Kelly appeared on the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 5)|fifth series]] of the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series)|Irish version of ''Dancing With the Stars'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fetherstonhaugh |first=Neil |date=14 December 2021 |title=Author Cathy Kelly to compete on Dancing with the Stars |url=https://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/irish-showbiz/former-sunday-world-agony-aunt-cathy-kelly-to-join-dancing-with-the-stars/41148101.html |access-date=13 January 2024 |website=SundayWorld.com}}</ref>
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Kelly is involved with many charities and has been an Ambassador for [[UNICEF Ireland]] since 2005.<ref name="Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly">{{cite news|author=Pauline Askin|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKSYD50235020090401|title=Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly|date=1 April 2009|accessdate=6 February 2010|work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/what-you-can-do-to-help-unicef-1972405.html|title=what you can do to help unicef|date=12 December 2009|accessdate=6 February 2010|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>


==Published works==
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In 2022, Kelly appeared on the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 5)|fifth series]] of the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series)|Irish version of ''Dancing With the Stars'']]. She was the first contestant to be eliminated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/tv/former-sunday-world-agony-aunt-cathy-kelly-to-join-dancing-with-the-stars-41148101.html|title=Author Cathy Kelly to compete on Dancing with the Stars|website=sundayworld}}</ref>

==Bibliography==


===Novels===
===Novels===
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*''It Started With Paris'' (2014)
*''It Started With Paris'' (2014)
*''Between Sisters'' (2015)
*''Between Sisters'' (2015)
*''Secrets of a Happy Marriage'' (2017)<ref name="SECRETSHAPPYMARRIAGE">{{cite web | url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/cathy-kelly/secrets-of-a-happy-marriage.htm | title=Secrets of a Happy Marriage by Cathy Kelly | publisher=Fantastic Fiction | accessdate=2017-01-29}}</ref>
*''Secrets of a Happy Marriage'' (2017)<ref name="SECRETSHAPPYMARRIAGE">{{cite web |title=Secrets of a Happy Marriage by Cathy Kelly |url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/cathy-kelly/secrets-of-a-happy-marriage.htm |accessdate=2017-01-29 |website=Fantastic Fiction |publisher=}}</ref>


===Novellas===
===Novellas===
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.cathykelly.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.cathykelly.co.uk/ Official website]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cathy-Kelly/342737145677?ref=ts Cathy's Official Facebook Page]
* [https://www.facebook.com/cathykellybooks/ Facebook page]
* [https://twitter.com/cathykellybooks/ Cathy's Twitter Page]
* [https://twitter.com/cathykellybooks/ Twitter page]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/cathy-kelly/ Cathy Kelly] on Fantasticfiction.com
* [https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/cathy-kelly/ Fantastic Fiction page]
* [http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Cathy-Kelly Cathy Kelly's author profile] on [[Simon & Schuster]]
* [https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Cathy-Kelly/18464596 Author profile] on [[Simon & Schuster]]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/words/quickreads BBC raw Quick Reads – The Perfect Holiday by Cathy Kelly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307153317/http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/words/quickreads |date=7 March 2010 }}


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Latest revision as of 01:58, 1 August 2024

This article is about the Irish former journalist and writer. For the American ring announcer, television host, journalist and actress, see Cathy Kelley.
Cathy Kelly
Born (1966-09-12) 12 September 1966 (age 58)[1]
Belfast, Northern Ireland
SpracheEnglisch
Period1997–present
GenreWomen's fiction
SubjectWomen and relationships
Notable awardsRoNA 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]

Life and career

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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

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Novels

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  • Woman to Woman (1997)
  • She's the One (1998)
  • Never Too Late (1999)
  • Someone Like You (2000)
  • What She Wants (2001)
  • Just Between Us (2002)
  • Best of Friends (2003)
  • Always and Forever (2005)
  • Past Secrets (2006)
  • Lessons in Heartbreak (2008)
  • Once in a Lifetime (2009)
  • The Perfect Holiday (2010)
  • Homecoming (2010)
  • The House on Willow Street (2012)
  • The Honey Queen (2013)
  • It Started With Paris (2014)
  • Between Sisters (2015)
  • Secrets of a Happy Marriage (2017)[11]

Novellas

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  • Letter from Chicago (2002)

Collections

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  • Christmas Magic (2011)

References and sources

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  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. ^ a b c d Askin, Pauline (1 April 2009). "Book Talk: Modern, ancient Ireland inspire novelist Cathy Kelly". Reuters. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "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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