Keyes has been sober now for over 25 years and lives with her husband Tony in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin. While Keyes has struggled with mental health difficulties for most of her adult life, she has described her writing as a ‘rope across the abyss’ which has given her the strength in times of crisis. The novel she submitted, Watermelon (1995), would become a best seller in Ireland and launch her career as an author. Keyes submitted these stories to the publisher Poolberg Press, with the promise of a novel to follow. Keyes underwent rehabilitation for her alcoholism in Dublin and began working on short stories, based in part on her own experiences. However, Keyes began to struggle with alcoholism and depression in her twenties, eventually attempting to take her own life in 1995. Keyes completed degrees in law and business, moving to London in 1986 to take on an administrative role.
Marian Keyes is an Irish author born in 1963, who grew up in and around Dublin as part of a large family.
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