Cathy Kelly is a bestselling Irish author known for her stories about real women’s lives – the messy relationships, the love, the loss and everything in between. She has written twenty-two novels, selling millions of copies globally. In addition to her writing, she is a UNICEF ambassador and lives and writes from her home in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, surrounded by her family, two dogs and a cat.
The Island Retreat (Harper Collins Publishers) is out 24 February 2026.
