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Emma Donoghue (born October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction.
Emma Donoghue. Born in Dublin in 1969, I am an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and playright, living in Canada with my family.
Emma Donoghue. Born in Dublin, Ireland, in October 1969, I am the youngest of eight children of Frances and Denis Donoghue (the literary critic). I attended Catholic convent schools in Dublin, apart from one eye-opening year in New York at the age of ten.
Aug 27, 2015 · edit data. Grew up in Ireland, 20s in England doing a PhD in eighteenth-century literature, since then in Canada. Best known for my novel, film and play ROOM, also other contemporary and historical novels and short stories, non-fiction, theatre and middle-grade novels.
Aug 20, 2010 · Ever since its Booker nomination (it made the shortlist), Room by Irish writer Emma Donoghue has set the literary world on fire. Most people who review the book seem to love it. They talk about how riveting and suspenseful the book is and how they felt compelled to finish it in a single reading.
Emma Donoghue has 66 books on Goodreads with 2216206 ratings. Emma Donoghue’s most popular book is Room.
Although working in many genres, Emma Donoghue is best known for her fiction writing, which has been translated into over forty languages.
Room is a 2010 novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue. The story is told from the perspective of a five-year-old boy, Jack, who is being held captive in a small room along with his mother. Donoghue conceived the story after hearing about five-year-old Felix in the Fritzl case.
Aug 16, 2023 · A guide to Emma Donoghue's books. With an exuberant and seemingly unending imaginative talent, Emma Donoghue writes novels, stories, memoirs and plays. Here's our rundown on her sparklingly diverse output, from fairytales with a twist to stories of forbidden love through the centuries.
Emma Donoghue was born on 24 October 1969 in Dublin, Ireland. She is a writer and producer, known for Room (2015), The Wonder (2022) and Immaculate Conceptions: Inside a Lesbian Baby Boom (2007).
