
Published in 2004, it was the number 1 bestseller in Ireland (for 19 weeks), the United Kingdom, U.S., Germany and the Netherlands. In 2002, when Ahern was twenty-one, she wrote her first novel, PS, I Love You. She had COVID-19 in early 2022, describing it as "kind of mild. As of 2015, they reside in Malahide in North County Dublin. They have two children: a daughter born in December 2009, and a son born in July 2012. In 2000, Ahern was part of the Irish pop group Shimma, who finished third in the Irish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.īefore starting her writing and producing career, she obtained a degree in journalism and media communications from Griffith College Dublin, but withdrew from a master's degree course to pursue her writing career.

Her older sister, Georgina Ahern, is married to Nicky Byrne of Irish pop group Westlife.

Ahern also created and produced the ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate.Īhern is the daughter of former Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland, Bertie Ahern and Miriam Ahern. She has published several novels and contributed a number of short stories to various anthologies. She and her books have won numerous awards, including the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction for The Year I Met You.

The short story collection Roar has been adapted as a series for AppleTV+. Two of her books have been adapted as major motion films. Born in Dublin, Ahern is now published in nearly fifty countries, and has sold over 25 million copies of her novels worldwide. Cecelia Ahern (born 30 September 1981) is an Irish novelist, known for her works like PS, I Love You Where Rainbows End and If You Could See Me Now.
