She continued to drink heavily and struggled greatly with her self-esteem. She spent much of her free time drinking and going to parties.Īfter a few years, Keyes began using her degree when she worked as an accounts clerk in London. Her first job was as a waitress in part because she could not see herself as anything else. She thought she was being rebellious and was attracted to living in the big city. Instead, Keyes moved to London, England, in 1986 after completing college. She told Jennifer Falvey of the Daily Telegraph, 'I always had this kind of ability to self-destruct and I never did anything to its completion and even though I was blessed with brains, I didn't have the confidence to use them properly.' Already attracted to writing, Keyes applied to get a post-graduate degree in journalism,īut was not accepted into a program.

She earned a law degree, but was not secure enough to use it. Keyes continued to do well as a student at University College in Dublin, where she studied law and accountancy. By the time she was 14 years old, Keyes had begun drinking. Although she was an academic achiever at convent schools, Keyes was not secure at all in social situations and relationships, especially with men. Despite her positive family situation, Keyes later stated that she felt insecure by the time she was a toddler and believed that she did not belong from an early age. Her family led a middle-class existence, and Keyes and her four younger siblings were raised in a stable, loving home. As a result of her success, she has become one of the wealthiest women in the British isles.īorn in Ireland in 1963, Keyes was raised in various cities in that country, including Cavan, Cork, Galway, and the Dublin suburb of Monkstown. Keyes' books are more popular with readers than critics, selling more than Nearly all of her works are best sellers and most were translated into 30 languages. Drawing on her own life's difficulties, she infuses her books with both humor and darker real-life situations such as drug addiction, depression, and miscarriages, but always writes a happy ending. Popular 'chick lit' author Marian Keyes is the writer of novels targeted at a female audience.

1986 worked as an accounts clerk, London, England, through 1996 began writing short stories, 1993 published first novel, Watermelon, 1995 full-time writer, 1996-.Īwards: Irish Tatler Literary Award, 2001 Irish World Literary Award, 2002. Worked as a waitress, London, England, beginning c.

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Born in September, 1963, in Limerick, Ireland daughter of Ted and Mary (Cotter) Keyes married Tony Baines (a computer analyst), December 29, 1995.

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