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Marian Keyes

1963 - Today

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Marian Keyes (born 10 September 1963) is an Irish author and radio presenter who is principally known for her popular fiction. Keyes became known for her novels Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Anybody Out There, and This Charming Man, which, although written in a light and humorous style, cover themes including alcoholism, depression, addiction, cancer, bereavement, and domestic violence. More than 35 million copies of her novels have been sold, and her works have been translated into 33 languages. Her 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Marian Keyes is the 6,994th most popular writer (down from 6,511th in 2024), the 426th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 360th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Irish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marian Keyes ranks 6,994 out of 7,302. Before her are Sidney Lanier, Çiler İlhan, Raja Rao, Cyril Montana, Aravind Adiga, and Kage Baker. After her are William Allingham, Laurent Gaudé, Jorge Majfud, Amina Lawal, Carl Hiaasen, and Abdourahman Waberi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Marian Keyes ranks 898. Before her are Christian Perez, Ian Crook, Isabelle Duchesnay, Torsten Voss, Dmitri Galiamin, and Jörg Hoffmann. After her are Carol Lewis, Mihaela Armășescu, Jessica Tuck, Tanyu Kiryakov, Guillermo Betancourt, and Patrick Hürlimann.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Marian Keyes ranks 426 out of 549. Before her are Ron Delany (1935), Packie Bonner (1960), Chris O'Dowd (1979), Mark Kelly (1961), Allen Leech (1981), and Creighton Hale (1882). After her are William Allingham (1824), Dylan Moran (1971), Pat Condell (1949), Devon Murray (1988), Tommy Byrne (1958), and Mary Black (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Marian Keyes ranks 59. Before her are Terence MacSwiney (1879), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Thomas MacDonagh (1878), Padraic Colum (1881), Michael Davitt (1846), and Paul Lynch (1977). After her are William Allingham (1824), Emma Donoghue (1969), Patrick McCabe (1955), Stefan Molyneux (1966), Caitlín R. Kiernan (1964), and June Eric-Udorie (1998).

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