Edel Coffey: I am thrilled - but part of me can’t believe it

As best-selling author Edel Coffey begins a new column for Weekend, she tells Jen Stevens about writing from a place of honesty, vulnerability and connection
Edel Coffey: I am thrilled - but part of me can’t believe it

Edel Coffey: bestselling author now joins the Irish Examiner as a columnist. Photo: Ray Ryan

It’s been an intense couple of weeks for Edel Coffey. Her debut novel Breaking Point went straight to number-one, she’s been on a whirlwind tour of the country doing press interviews, signings and visiting bookshops where her book was invariably in pride of place in the window.

It’s the type of runaway success that anyone writing a book dreams of. And while Edel is thrilled, she’s also still in shock and very funny about how she deals with everything that has happened.

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