Cecilia Ahern is one of the brightest stars in the modern world of foreign literature. Despite her rather young age - she is only thirty-six years old, she has already gained popularity not only among readers, but also among critics. Today you will learn a lot of interesting things about the talented writer. You will be presented with facts from her biography, information about the most famous books, as well as reviews from readers.

Childhood

Many writers and poets did not even think that they would ever connect their lives with the world of literature. What did the Irish writer dream of as a child? What were you interested in? First things first.

Cecilia Ahern was born in Dublin (Ireland) in 1981. Her childhood was spent in a large village house. Together with her sister, she loved to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding nature. The girl wrote down everything that happened to her in a notebook. She had a lot of them. She liked to write. Later, she began to write down not only what happened to her, but also to come up with new stories. She liked to compose poetry and write stories. At the age of seven she already had quite a large number of them. But Cecilia wrote only for herself, as she was very critical of her work.

• Cecilia Ahern wrote her first story at the age of seven.
• The writer graduated from the Faculty of Journalism.
• She became famous at the age of 21. Her book " P.S. I Love You" has become a favorite of millions of readers in many countries around the world.
  
• Cecilia Ahern's first literary critic is her mother, with whom she has a warm and trusting relationship.

Creation

The writer has more than a dozen books, and readers are eagerly awaiting her new novels. She loves to create in complete solitude, and when the last chapter is written, she returns to her beloved family. The themes of Cecilia Ahern's books are love, relationships between men and women, the complex world of human relationships and much more. Her characters - romantic and naive, loyal and honest - instantly win the sympathy of readers. Let's remember the most famous books of the writer.

• "P.S. I love you." The main character is experiencing a serious tragedy - her beloved husband has died. He left her letters with detailed instructions on what she needed to do in order to learn to live and become happy again.
• "Love, Rosie." The main characters have been friends since school. But many years will pass before they understand that they love each other and they need to be together. Previously, the book was published under the title "I don't believe it. I don't hope. I love it."
• Cecilia Ahern, "Ideal". One of the last works that the writer wrote. This is a continuation of the book "The Brand". The author touches on a slightly unusual topic. Future. What could it be? The picture that the author paints for us is simply terrifying. In pursuit of an ideal society, the slightest deviation from the laws is punished in the most cruel way. "Ideal" (Cecilia Ahern) continues the theme.

Reader reviews

Her books are very popular. In bookstores, not only new, but also old works by Cecilia Ahern are instantly sold out. What is the secret of her talent? What do fans say about the work of their favorite writer? The secret of Cecilia Ahern's popularity is quite simple - a dynamically developing narrative, an exciting plot, a happy ending, pleasant language.

Her books help you get through the most difficult events in life and tell you how to live on. You can find a lot of reviews about the work of Cecilia Ahern on the Internet. We will provide only excerpts from some:

• All books are unusual and different from one another. There is a lot of unreality and fiction in them. Taking the book in your hands, you release it only after turning the last page.
• They have gentle humor and a life-affirming attitude, despite the problems that the writer describes.
• Books are read in one breath. After reading one novel, you take on the next one with pleasure.
• They are incredibly touching, and the main characters are close, like kindred spirits.
• After reading her books I want to enjoy life.

She not only writes life-affirming, romantic books, but also shares with her readers some secrets of her family life. We offer you some useful tips from the writer, for whom love is one of the most important feelings in a person’s life.

• Be sincere with your loved one. Lies and omissions gradually kill love and destroy tender relationships.
• The Internet is not the best place to meet people. Trusting relationships can only arise through real communication.
• For every person, family should be a place where they will support and help. To establish warmer relationships, organize holidays at home. They help bring all family members closer together.

Finally

Tender and sad, light and philosophical, her books teach us to believe in love and find a way out of hopeless situations. And also hope that everything will be fine. Let's wish Cecilia Ahern even more new subjects for creativity, and her fans - interesting and exciting works.

Brand

She is ideal and flawless in literally everything: an exemplary sister and daughter, a favorite of classmates and teachers, a girl of amazing art.

But following the desires of your heart, it is so easy to break the law. And in Celestine’s world, punishment for the slightest violation is inevitable. Brand.

The person with the mark on his body no longer exists: he is avoided, all doors are closed in front of him...

What awaits Celestine now?..

Ideal

One day she - a loving daughter and sister, an exemplary student, the girl of the incredible Art - committed an act that is considered vicious in their society.

Her life is ruined, guards are looking for her, and Celestina herself is forced to hide.

But the girl knows a secret - a dangerous secret, a monstrous secret - capable of instantly destroying the almighty Tribunal. What lengths is Celestine willing to go to get her old life back? Betray new friends? Reject love?..

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Time of my Life

A lot of time has passed since Lucy broke up with her beloved. But happy moments still flash in her memory and it seems that the girl will never be able to forget him.

She withdraws into her tiny world, where there is only room for the shaggy cat Mr. Pan. Lucy doesn't communicate with anyone, hates her job and colleagues, and feels incredibly lonely.

But one amazing day, Fate itself sends her a letter. And now miracles begin to happen in Lucy’s life...

P.S. I love you

He was only thirty. But the disease does not ask: how old are you and how long do you want to live. An endless supply of courage and optimism helped Jerry fight the tumor to the last.

To make it easier for his beloved wife to cope with his passing, he writes letters. A whole stack. Touching, gentle. And now every month Holly will receive one single letter that will help her survive the pain of loss...

A book about endless love...

Lyre bird

The family curse seems insurmountable...

An exciting and amazing love story, a story of a free heart and the silence that hides behind the noise of the surrounding world...

With love, Rosie

They had been friends since childhood. They always remembered each other in the whirlwind of endless youthful joys and anxieties, and, despite the ocean that separated our heroes, they carried on a lively correspondence.

Rosie and Alex know for sure: no matter what happens in their lives, there is always a reliable shoulder to lean on.

But an endless number of trials and tribulations will test their friendship. And one day they will still have to make a choice...

The year we met

Jasmine is thirty-three years old and doesn’t have a spare second in her diary. Nothing stops her from running forward, without stopping or doubting.

But a sudden dismissal becomes a disaster for the energetic girl. How can you live a whole year without doing anything?

And the tireless Jesmine begins to cultivate the garden, and then relationships with others. What fruits will such difficult work bring? There are three hundred and sixty-five days ahead for the most important meetings...

How to fall in love without memory

While walking along the bridge in the evening, Christina noticed a man who was about to jump down.

In order to somehow dissuade Adam from committing suicide, Christina makes a deal: he will give up his gloomy plans if in the next two weeks she teaches him to love life.

Will the girl be able to perform a miracle? After all, not everything is so smooth in her life...

Look at me

In Elizabeth’s schedule, everything is scheduled minute by minute and for some reason there is not even a second for her own dreams and hopes. Caring for his father, younger sister and nephew takes up all his free time.

But miracles happen in life. A stranger - charming, handsome, mysterious - suddenly appears in her house. Elizabeth's heart gradually thaws and she begins to dream again.

The love that arose at the intersection of two worlds is surprisingly romantic and magical.

Marbles game

Sometimes you need one single free day to discover the person closest to you. Father.

There is a whole day for memories, stories and people you have never met before.

Past and present, father and daughter, two completely different lives, like a puzzle, will one day be united by the simple game “Marbles”.

One Hundred Names

A dark streak is coming in the life of Catherine Logan, who dreams of a brilliant career as a TV presenter. She accused an innocent man of a heinous crime and now risks losing her job.

The only way to improve the situation is to write worthwhile material for the magazine. Kitty has to deal with a list of one hundred people compiled by her late friend in two weeks.

Fourteen days to unravel the idea, understand what unites the people on the list, write a saving article and understand yourself.

Magic diary

If all your desires and whims are fulfilled at the snap of a finger by your rich parents, then you are unlikely to grow up to be a sympathetic and kind person. But her father's suicide and the loss of the family fortune change Tamara's life forever.

Now she and her mother live in a remote village with relatives. Tamara is bored, having lost her friends and her favorite activities, but fortunately, a magical diary falls into her hands. There is only one entry in this diary - tomorrow's.

How will this book help a girl? Find out from The Magic Diary.

I love your memories

Doyce faced many difficult trials. And then there’s the fall from the stairs...

The girl ends up in the hospital, where she urgently needs a blood transfusion.

And soon, after discharge, incredibly strange things begin to happen to her: Joyce suddenly begins to understand and understand art, from a vegetarian she becomes a meat eater, and her dreams... They become incredibly happy and strange, as if she is living the life of another person...

Where you are

Since childhood, Sandy hated things going missing. It could take her a week to find a missing sock, leaving her parents bewildered.

As an adult, the girl opens an agency to search for missing people. Another investigation leads Sandy to Limerick and then... Sandy's trail ends. An abandoned car, an abandoned mobile phone and important documents - all this looks more than strange.

It seems Sandy is repeating the fate of the missing...

Present

Businessman Lou Suffern has achieved dizzying success in life: a brilliant career, a wonderful family, a cozy home. But the pursuit of professional prestige deprives him of the most important thing - warm relationships with loved ones.

A new book by the brilliant Cecilia Ahern, international bestselling author. An unexpected choice of plots and themes in a laconic short story format.

Fantastic plots are woven into the everyday world and magical forces invade. The nameless heroines are recognizable...

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South-west of Ireland, rugged mountains, bright blue lakes. Here, in the wilderness, far from the world, on the edge of the forest lives a young woman, surrounded by mystery since birth. But now she finds herself in a modern city, in plain sight, among enthusiastic fans, unexpectedly...

• April 4, 2017, 11:10

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The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Brand, the debut young adult novel from international bestselling author Cecelia Ahern.

Celestina North - an exemplary student, a loving daughter and sister, the girlfriend of the charming Art Crevan - ruined her life in an instant, committing an act recognized by the almighty Tribunal as vicious. From now on, she is Branded, forced to hide from the guards pursuing her on the orders of Chief Judge Crevan, the father of her beloved Art. Celestine has a dangerous secret that could destroy both Crevan and the Tribunal itself. She entrusted her only to the mysterious and attractive Carrick, the only one on whom she can now rely. Will Celestine decide to reject her new love and the friends she made through misfortune for the hope of returning to her former happy life?

The rights to film adaptations of the novels “The Brand” and “Ideal” have been acquired by Warner...

• April 8, 2016, 12:20

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Celestina North is ideal in everything: an exemplary daughter and sister, a favorite of teachers and classmates, the girlfriend of the irresistible Art Crevan.

But one day Celestina finds herself in an unexpected situation and, following the dictates of her heart, breaks the law. Punishment is inevitable: either prison or the Brand. That is, forever rejected.

The brilliant Cecilia Ahern painted a world in which the ideal is valued above all else and the slightest deviation from it is punishable. What happens when a young girl risks everything she holds dear and decides to stand up to the system?

• January 22, 2016, 12:20

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What if you only have one day to figure out who you really are?

After discovering her father's mysterious collection, Sabrina suddenly realizes that everything she knew about him was a lie. The person she grew up with suddenly turned out to be a stranger.

She had a free day - an unexpected respite from the dull series of her everyday life - to penetrate into her father's secret life. A whole day of memories, stories and people she didn't even know existed. One day that will forever change Sabrina herself and the world she knows.

“The Game of Marbles” is a novel about how our most ordinary decisions sometimes lead to incredible consequences, about how only by understanding someone else do we truly understand ourselves...

• September 1, 2015, 11:27 pm

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Jesmine's life is like an obstacle course - once you overcome one thing, you immediately rush to a new goal. She has everything you could want: an interesting job, family, friends. Nothing stops you from running further, without doubting anything and never stopping. Suddenly, Jasmine is fired, forcing her to remain idle for a whole year. With usual energy, she takes on cultivating her garden, and then her relationships with others. Will hard work bring long-awaited results? Jesmine has a year ahead for the most important things in life...

• May 3, 2014, 11:35

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Christina Rose's calling is to help people, and she helps them find work, and at the same time their place in life. But one day she failed to prevent someone else’s misfortune, and discord arose in her own life. Or maybe this happened a long time ago? Christina broke up with her husband, and he turned out to be even worse than she thought. Her brainchild, the Rose Recruitment company, is about to go bankrupt, and its employees will find themselves on the street. And most importantly, how can she save Adam, who is planning to take an irreparable step on his birthday? Time is running out...

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• March 27, 2014, 03:19

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Kitty Logan dreamed of becoming a TV presenter! But she made the fatal mistake of accusing an innocent man of a heinous crime, and all her hopes were dashed. Kitty has become the talk of the town, her boyfriend left her, an old friend accused her of selfishness, and at any moment she will be fired from the magazine where she worked for ten years, and to top off all the troubles, Constance, a close friend and mentor, dies. Constance had something very interesting in mind for the magazine, but she didn’t have time to talk about her idea. Kitty has only a list of a hundred names unknown to her and two weeks to unravel Constance's plan and write an article for an issue dedicated to her memory. She finds several people from the list, but cannot understand what unites them. To penetrate the mystery, Kitty will have to understand herself, and then her life...

Cecelia Ahern was born in the family of politician Patrick Bartholomew Ahern (better known as Bertie Ahern) - Prime Minister of Ireland from 1997 to 2008 - in Dublin. The writer spent her childhood outdoors, in a large house near a fishing village, where she grew up with her older sister Georgina. The latter is currently married to recently split-up Westlife boy band member Nicky Byrne - the couple are parents to twin boys. Cecilia herself was once a member of an Irish pop group called Shimma: she even took third place in the Eurovision preselections in 2000.

Cecilia received a degree in journalism from Dublin's largest college, and at the age of 21 she wrote her first work of fiction and decided to become a writer instead of a journalist. The novel “P.S. I Love You" was published two years later, translated into many languages ​​and almost instantly became a worldwide sensation. The book took first place in the bestseller ratings in the USA, England, Ireland, Germany and other countries, and stayed there for dozens of weeks and has not yet lost its popularity. In 2007, Warner Bros. took up the film adaptation of this work, and in December of the same year, the premiere of the film of the same name took place, starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. At the box office, the film collected about five times the budget spent, but it was not a big success among fans of the book: the film’s screenwriters did not treat the original with much care. Also in 2007, Cecilia began working as a producer and screenwriter on the American television project “Who is Samantha?”, where the main character was played by Christina Applegate. The series was canceled two years later, most likely due to low ratings.

Each new novel by Cecilia Ahern ranks at the top of the bestseller lists in different countries, and the film rights to almost all of her works have already been acquired by various film companies. The writer also received a huge number of awards for her books, but none of them were positioned in the awards as fantastic. In addition to novels, Ahern also writes short stories, all proceeds from the sale of which go to charity. Cecilia suffers from ochlophobia (fear of crowds), but does not allow this illness to interfere with her meetings with readers. Cecilia is married to David Keoghan: in 2009, the couple had a girl named Robin, and in 2012 a boy named Sonny.

The work of Cecilia Ahern tends to a greater extent towards realism, but readers very often compare her works with fairy tales because of the unusual and magical nature of the plots: the author does not shy away from fantasy in general and endows ordinary things with fantastic features. For example, the novel “Look at Me” is dedicated to the touching relationship between the girl Elizabeth and a charming invisible phantom named Ivan, the “imaginary” friend of her nephew. In the novel “Where You Are,” the main character, searching for people, finds herself in some enchanted place, where everything that has ever disappeared and everyone who has ever disappeared appears. The combination of reality and fantasy of the heroine gives rise to a kind of alternative or, rather, parallel reality, where she strives to find the peace and forgiveness she seeks. A strange connection arises between the characters in the book “I Love Your Memories”: after a blood transfusion, the main character suddenly begins to remember something that never happened to her - pictures from a long-forgotten past pop up in her mind, but this past does not belong to her.

The novel “The Gift” tells the story of a man who, thanks to a special drug, is able to be in two places at the same time, and “The Time of My Life” tells the story of a girl who one day has a face-to-face encounter with her own Life. The plot of the novel “The Magic Diary” is not typical for the writer: for the first time, the role of the main character is played by a capricious teenage girl. A heroine named Tamara gets into the hands of a book that can reveal the future to the reader, but all the predictions are incomplete, and surprises are inevitable.

In 2013, the collection “The Girl in the Mirror” was published in Russia, which included, according to Ahern’s fans, three of the darkest stories written by the writer, where you can find terrible curses and ghosts.

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Name: Cecelia Ahern
Date of Birth: September 30, 1981
Place of Birth: Ireland, Dublin

Cecilia Ahern - biography

Cecilia Ahern is a popular Irish writer of our time, who has also been involved in producing. Cecilia was born on September 30, 1981 in Dublin in the family of the famous politician Bertie Ahern (from 1997 to 2008 he served as Prime Minister of Ireland). Cecilia's childhood years were spent far from the noisy metropolis, in a small fishing village. There she spent time with her sister Georgina. Now Georgina is married to the lead singer of the now disbanded pop group “Westlife”. Cecilia is also related to show business and in particular to music - at one time the future writer was also a member of the musical group “Shimma” and was even preparing to perform at Eurovision in 2000.

After school, the girl entered the largest college in Dublin to study journalism, but after graduating, she firmly decided to connect her life with writing. Her debut attempts at writing occurred at the age of twenty-one - Cecilia wrote the novel “P.S. I love you". Two years later, the first book of the aspiring author was published, and unexpected success fell on Ahern. The work was translated into several languages ​​and immediately took a leading position in the bestseller list not only in Ireland, but also in America, England and Germany. In 2007, the famous television company Warner Brothers acquired the rights to film the novel.

The next work of the talented novelist was the heartfelt love melodrama “I Don’t Believe. I don't hope so. I love you,” published in 2004. It was also published in Russian under the titles “Where the Rainbow Ends” and “With Love, Rosie.” The originality of this work lies in the fact that its plot and images of the characters are revealed in letters. The third book, “Look at Me,” published a year later, became no less popular. These two works remained at the top of reader ratings in Ireland and other European countries for a long time.

By the time the fourth work was released, the talented writer already had three prestigious awards: “The British Book Awards” for the best debut work “P.S. I love you”, the German “Corine Award” for the work “I don’t believe it. I don't hope so. Love" and the "Irish Literary Award". In 2006, Cecilia’s book “Where You Are” was published, which also received many rave reviews from fans of the writer’s work. A year later, the famous novelist won another award - the “Fun Fearless Fiction Award”, received from the popular Cosmopolitan magazine for her work “Look at Me.”

The Irish novelist regularly delights readers with new masterpieces, releasing one or two works a year. Each of Ahern's works immediately becomes a bestseller and is translated into various languages. By 2017, Cecilia’s writing collection included fifteen published works. To date, two films based on Ahern’s works have been released: “P.S. I love you” and “Love, Rosie.” However, other works of the talented author did not remain aloof from television. Almost all of Cecilia's novels are already awaiting their release.

By 2017, the author’s writing collection included fifteen novels and about twenty short stories and novellas. In addition to the above awards, Ahern received two more literary awards: “Best New Writer” from the Glamor publication and “Irish Tatler Women” - an award intended for the most outstanding women in Ireland. In 2015-2016, the author’s works were nominated for the “Readers’ Choice” award based on voting results on a major literary website. Cecilia’s most popular and best books were “P.S. I love you”, “Look at me”, “I don’t believe it. I don't hope so. I love”, “How to fall in love without memory”, the dilogy “The Brand” (the sequence of books in the series is “The Brand”, “The Ideal”). Ahern also left her mark on the cross-author project Doctor Who, a fantasy adventure epic. The genre in which Cecilia works is a mixture of psychological drama and romance novel. The author conducted a kind of literary experiment by creating the cycle “The Brand” in the dystopian genre and in the style of young adult.

All of Cecilia Ahern's books are difficult life stories in which the main characters need to step over themselves and win the right to a happy life. They struggle not only with the vicissitudes of fate, but also with themselves, explore new facets of their “I” and ultimately turn out to be strong individuals capable of real spiritual feats. According to the author, only trials and struggle can toughen a person and prove his worth.

In 2007, the famous writer began producing the American comedy show “Who is Samantha?” The television project lasted two years and was then closed due to low ratings.

The Irish novelist lives with her husband and two children, is actively involved in creativity and donates part of her money to charity. Cecilia suffers from ochlophobia - a fear of crowds, but this does not prevent her from meeting her fans regularly. In 2009, the writer visited Moscow and held four meetings with her admirers.