Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue
Donoghue in Toronto on 18 February 2015
Donoghue in Toronto on 18 February 2015
BornOctober 1969 (age 55)
Dublin, Ireland
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, playwright, literary historian
NationalityIrish
Canadian[1]
PartnerChristine Roulston
Children2
Website
www.emmadonoghue.com

Emma Donoghue (born October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller.[2] Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction.[3][4] She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Room was adapted by Donoghue into a film of the same name. For this, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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  2. ^ "News | The Man Booker Prizes". Themanbookerprize.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Stonewall Book Awards List". American Library Association.
  4. ^ "Awards". publishingtriangle.org. Publishing Triangle. Retrieved 2 October 2014.

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