西西莉雅·艾亨

西西莉雅·艾亨（英语：Cecelia Ahern，1981年9月30日—）爱尔兰小说家。她自2004年以来已出版了几本小说与短篇小说，出版于将近50个国家。

西西莉雅·艾亨也制作了美国广播公司喜剧《谁是莎曼莎》，克里斯蒂娜·艾伯盖特主演。

她是爱尔兰Littlewoods的代言人。

家族

第10任爱尔兰总理伯蒂·埃亨是西西莉雅·艾亨的父亲。

作品

《P.S. 我爱你》（PS, I Love You）（2004）

《我一直都在》（Where Rainbows End）（2005）

《在你身边90天》（If You Could See Me Now）（2005）

《在这里等你》（A Place Called Here）（2006）

《最后的礼物》（The Gift）（2008）

《星期一的邀约信》（The Time of my Life）（2011）

One Hundred Names (2012)

How To Fall in Love (2013)

The Year I Met You (2014)

The Marble Collector (2015)

Flawed (2016)

Lyrebird (2016)

Perfect (2017)

Postscript (2019)

Freckles (2021)

In a Thousand Different Ways (2022)

Into the Storm (2024)

Paper Heart (2025)

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

She and her books have won awards, including the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction for The Year I Met You. She has published several novels and contributed short stories to various anthologies. Ahern also created and produced the ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate.

Education

Ahern 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.

Career

In 2002, when Ahern was twenty-one, she wrote her first novel, PS, I Love You. Published in 2004, it was the number 1 bestseller in Ireland (for 19 weeks), the United Kingdom, U.S., Germany and the Netherlands. It is sold in over forty countries. The book was adapted as a motion picture directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. It was released in the United States on 21 December 2007.

Her second book, Where Rainbows End (U.S. Love, Rosie), also reached number 1 in Ireland and the UK, and won the German CORINE Award in 2005. It was adapted as a motion picture titled Love, Rosie which was released in 2014, directed by Christian Ditter and starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin.

She has contributed to charity books with the royalties from short stories such as Irish Girls are Back in Town and Ladies' Night.

Cecelia was the co-creator and producer of the ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate, Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, Barry Watson, Kevin Dunn, Melissa McCarthy and Tim Russ.

Her book The Gift was published just before Christmas 2008 in the UK. Her following book, The Book of Tomorrow, was published on 1 October 2009. In 2016, Cecelia released Flawed, her first book for young adults, and Lyrebird.

Awards and achievements

Cecelia was nominated for Best Newcomer 2004/5 at the British Book Awards for her debut novel PS, I Love You. She won the 2005 Irish Post Award for Literature and a 2005 Corine Literature Prize for her second book Where Rainbows End, (Für immer vielleicht) which was voted for by German readers. In 2006, she was long-listed for the IMPAC award for PS I Love You. Cosmopolitan US honoured her with a Fun Fearless Fiction Award 2007 for If You Could See Me Now. Irish Tatler awarded her Writer of the Year at the Woman of the Year awards in 2009. Cecelia's fifth novel Thanks for the Memories was nominated for Most Popular Book in the British Book Awards 2008. Cecelia was voted Author of Year in the UK Glamour Women of the Year Awards in 2008.

Personal life

Ahern married David Keoghan in 2010. They have three children: a daughter born in December 2009, a son born in July 2012 and another daughter born in October 2019. As of 2015, they were residing in Malahide in North County Dublin.

Ahern is the daughter of former Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland, Bertie Ahern and Miriam Ahern. Her older sister, Georgina Ahern, is married to Nicky Byrne of Irish pop group Westlife. In 2000, Ahern was part of the Irish pop group Shimma, who finished third in the Irish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Other work

Production Line for Express Magazine

Every Year for "Harrod's Magazine"

The Things That I Remember for "Woman's Own"

Remembering Mum for "Express Magazine"

Mallard and May for "Woman and Home"

Television work

Samantha Who? (with Donald Todd)

Zwischen Himmel und Hier (Between Heaven and Here) (for ZDF)

Mein Ganzes Halbes Leben (My Whole Half Life) (for ZDF)

Film adaptations

P.S. I Love You (2007)

Love, Rosie (2014)