He divides his time between London, Paris, Berlin and Maine. In November 2009 he received the first "Grand Prix du Figaro", awarded by the newspaper "Le Figaro". In April 2007, he was awarded the French decoration, the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into twenty-one languages. "The Woman in the Fifth" and "Leaving the World".
His subsequent novels include "The Pursuit of Happiness", "A Special Relationship", "State of the Union". Yet, it wasn’t until 3 years later that Kennedy came to international acclaim with his second novel “The Big Picture” – a stunning account of happiness’ price. a compulsive page-turner and a dark moral fable' Mail on Sunday'Kennedy's skill is to send. “The Dead Heart” (1994) attracted just about everybody’s attention with its unapologetic language, its shrewd allegoric portrayal of a totalitarian society and his sardonic, yet comprehensive, attitude towards the shortcomings of our devoid of meaning contemporary existence. From the picket fences of yuppie New England to Montana's untouchable splendour, The Big Picture spans states and states of mind in a thrilling novel of genuine originality.Reviews for The Big Picture'The Horse Whisperer recast by Patricia Highsmith. Two more non-fiction titles and a novel, "The Dead Heart", followed. This appeared in 1988, the same year that he and his ex-wife moved to London. After several radio plays for the BBC and one stage play - "Send Lawyers", "Guns and Money", premiered at the Peacock in 1986 - he decided to switch direction and wrote a narrative travel book, "Beyond the Pyramids". At the age of 28, he resigned from The Peacock to write full time. Thus he was hired to run the Abbey Theatre's second house, The Peacock. In 1977, he returned to Dublin and started a co-operative theatre company with a friend. His father was a commodities broker and his mother worked at NBC. Douglas Kennedy was born in Manhattan in 1955.
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