Marian Keyes was born on 10 September 1963 and is an Irish author and radio presenter.
13 Facts About Marian Keyes
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Marian Keyes's writing has won both the Irish Popular Fiction Book and the Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year, each on one occasion, at the Irish Book Awards.
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Marian Keyes was born in Limerick and raised in Cork, Galway, and in Monkstown, County Dublin.
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Marian Keyes graduated from University College Dublin with a law degree, and after completing her studies, she took an administrative job before moving to London in 1986.
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Marian Keyes appeared on BBC's Imagine, aired in February 2022, explaining to Alan Yentob how she was distracted from her resolved end-of-life attempt by an episode of Come Dine With Me; husband and assistant Tony defused the drama by saying, "let's see how you feel when we've finished watching it," and so began her slow recovery from depression.
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The publisher encouraged her to submit a full-length novel and Marian Keyes began work on her first book, Watermelon.
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Marian Keyes has written frankly about her clinical depression, which left her unable to sleep, read, write, or talk.
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In March 2017, Marian Keyes was a guest castaway for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
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Marian Keyes revealed that she had battled constant suicidal urges at the height of her mental illness.
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In 2019 the National Library of Ireland announced that the Marian Keyes digital archive for her novel The Mystery of Mercy Close would be acquired by the Library as a pilot project for collecting "born digital" archives.
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Marian Keyes considers herself a feminist, and has chosen to reflect feminist issues in many of her books.
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Critics recognise Marian Keyes's writing as tackling difficult subjects in a relatable fashion.
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Marian Keyes said that, despite her perceived success and acclaim, male writers with less commercial success were held in higher regard.