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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 is among the most fearless contemporary novelists we have: an immensely talented writer who is a great storyteller and, based on her extensive body of work, unafraid of subjects that give her less courageous peers pause.'
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.
Emma Donoghue has 66 books on Goodreads with 2211492 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.
Aug 20, 2010 · Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience—and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world.
