WRITER

Cecelia Ahern

1981 - Today

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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. Born in Dublin, Ahern is now published in nearly fifty countries, and has sold over 25 million copies of her novels worldwide. Two of her books have been adapted as major motion films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cecelia Ahern has received more than 818,951 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Cecelia Ahern is the 6,162nd most popular writer (down from 5,496th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 281st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 820k

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  • 43.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.12

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  • 3.03

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Notable Works

Rosie Dunne
Love stories
Zwischen Himmel und Liebe
Thanks for the Memories
Fiction, Transfusion, Blood
Joyce's life disintegrates the day she suffers a miscarriage. Her already rocky marriage falls apart and she moves in with her father to recuperate. During her recovery, she starts realizing that she has knowledge of subjects that were once completely foreign to her. What's more, dreams and visions besiege her ... all leading to Justin. After running into him repeatedly, she starts to wonder if her new "gifts" are connected to him. And it isn't long before he starts to question why this woman he's never spoken to before is all he can think of.
There's No Place Like Here
Man-woman relationships, Literature, Fiction
Sometimes it takes losing everything to truly find yourself…Since Sandy Shortt’s childhood classmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. Finding what is lost becomes her single-minded goal—from the lone sock that vanishes in the washing machine to the car keys she misplaced. It’s no surprise, then, that Sandy’s life’s work becomes finding people who have vanished from their loved ones. Sandy’s family is baffled and concerned by her increasing preoccupation. Her parents can’t understand her compulsion, and she pushes them away further by losing herself in the work of tracking down these missing people. She gives up her life in order to offer a flicker of hope to devastated families…and escape the disappointments of her own.Jack Ruttle is one of those devastated people. It’s been a year since his brother Donal vanished into thin air, and he has enlisted Sandy Shortt to find him. But before she is able to offer Jack the information he so desperately needs, Sandy goes missing too…and Jack now finds himself searching for his brother and the one woman who understood his pain.One minute Sandy is jogging through the park, the next, she can’t figure out where she is. The path is obscured. Nothing is familiar. A clearing up ahead reveals a camp site, and it’s there that Sandy discovers the impossible: she has inadvertently stumbled upon the place— and people—she’s been looking for all her life, a land where all the missing people go. A world away from her loved ones and the home she ran from for so long, Sandy soon resorts to her old habit again, searching. Though this time, she is desperately trying to find her way home…For more information, please visit www.ceceliaahernbooks.com.
If You Could See Me Now
Literature, Sibling rivalry, Fiction
Elizabeth's life is an organized mess. The organized part is all due to Elizabeth's efforts. The mess is all due to her sister, Saoirse (pronounced Seer-sha), whose personal problems challenge Elizabeth's orderly world and leave her scrambling to pick up the pieces that Saoirse's whirlwind leaves behind. One of these pieces is Saoirse's son, Luke. Age 6, Luke is a quiet, contemplative boy whose all-too serious aunt cares for him well, and whose all-too unstable mother is a red headed blur. When Luke is playing on the front lawn of Elizabeth's home one day, witnessing the latest scene between his aunt and his mother, a friend walks into his life. A friend named Ivan. And this unexpected friend, whose origins are mysterious, will change the boy and his aunt in wonderful ways that neither of them could ever have expected. With all the warmth and wit that fans have come to expect from Cecelia Ahern, IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW is a novel full of magic, heart, and surprising romance.
PS, I Love You
Fiction, Loss (Psychology), Grief
PS, I love you is a romantic novel written by Cecilia Ahern. It was published by Gale in the year 2004 and it cost three hundred and ninety nine only. The cover of the book is designed with the name of the title and the name of the author herself. This book is consist of 470 pages. The story has been successfully adopted in the movie in the year 2007 with the same name starring Hillary Swank and Gerard Butler. Ahern has published several novels and contributed to a number of short stories of different anthologies. Some of her books are 'Flawed', 'Perfect' etc. This novel tells the story of Holly and Gerry who are married and lived in Dublin. They deeply love each other but also fight occasionally like every other married couples. Tragedy strikes when Gerry died due to brain tumor. This devastates Holly and loses every reasons to live. Grief-stricken Holly withdraws herself from her family and friends and retreats into her shell. One day her mother calls her and informs her about a package which is addressed to her. In the package she finds ten envelopes one for each month after Gerry died containing messeges from him all ending with ' PS, I Love You'. The messages are Gerry's way of telling her how much he loves her and fills Holly with hope and encouragement. She starts looking forward to open all the envelopes with hold. Each message from him sends her on a new adventure each time and as the months pass she recovers from grief that engulfed her after his tragic death. Holly is a fantastic protagonist who begins to mend through the solace provided by Gerry. Her weird family and best friend provides sympathy, but can not help her to overcome her dread of life without Gerry. The hero is incredible as he knew when he'll die and planned accordingly for what he could do to vet her cherished. Holly out of her depression and mourning and into the light of life Cecilia Ahern provides a powerful drama that leaves no-one dry eyed. Title aside, even if it is the salutation of each of Gerry's notes, 'PS, I Love You' is a powerful character study that focuses on grieving and healing.The writing style is quite simple. It is light but still touches the the heart of the readers. The novel is capturing and it described things really perfectly. The writer has written the book artistically and is sure to fill the eyes of the readers. It will soak the reader in emotions and make the reader feel what losing a loved one feels like. There were not many negatives about the book. This is a vey interesting read and a very emotional one too. Love is the central theme of the whole novel and it is represented in such a unique way that readers can connect themselves to the story. Dealing with the death of loved one can be quite devastating, but life goes on. One have to keep on living and learn how to be happy again for the sake of one's family and friends and close ones, but most importantly for the sake of one's lost love who would never have wanted to see one unhappy. A beautiful well written story that will make one cry and make appreciate one's loved ones. It is a touching and emotional story at the same time about the long road of healing and finding yourself again after losing someone very close whom you love with your life. 'PS, I Love You' is a great novel for all those who have ever been in love. It takes one on a long emotional journey that warms the heart and fills the eyes. It teaches one to accept the tough situations of life, deal with them, cope with dilemma and emerge as a stronger person than ever, cause life is nothing but a struggle and you have to grind it through to come out on the top.

Page views of Cecelia Aherns by language

Over the past year Cecelia Ahern has had the most page views in the with 65,185 views, followed by German (21,175), and Russian (14,873). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (73.71%), Irish (63.66%), and Catalan (44.83%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cecelia Ahern ranks 6,162 out of 7,302Before her are Daniel Kehlmann, Ernest Lehman, Irena Krzywicka, Jerry Pournelle, Charles Olson, and Henry Jenkins. After her are Varsha Adalja, Jun Maeda, Frank Harris, Barbara Frischmuth, Mehmed Uzun, and Joyce Cary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Cecelia Ahern ranks 194Before her are Cléber Santana, Giourkas Seitaridis, Nadiya Savchenko, Afonso Alves, Michael Mando, and Louise Bourgoin. After her are Amy Schumer, Tom Starke, Natalie Horler, Daniele Bonera, Mya Diamond, and Dimitris Salpingidis.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Cecelia Ahern ranks 310 out of 549Before her are Colm Wilkinson (1944), Milo O'Shea (1926), Tom Crean (1877), Anne Buttimer (1938), Christy Moore (1945), and Róisín Murphy (1973). After her are Frank Harris (1856), Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Terry Wogan (1938), Dave Allen (1936), Mary Ward (1827), and Joseph Plunkett (1887).

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Cecelia Ahern ranks 43Before her are Michael Scott (1959), Eoin Colfer (1965), Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), Colum McCann (1965), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), and Liam O'Flaherty (1896). After her are Frank Harris (1856), Nahum Tate (1652), Roddy Doyle (1958), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Terence MacSwiney (1879), and Patrick Kavanagh (1904).