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Dublin writers festival emma donoghue biography
Emma Donoghue
Irish-Canadian writer (born 1969)
Emma Donoghue | |
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Donoghue in Toronto on 18 February 2015 | |
| Born | October 1969 (age 55) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, playwright, literary historian |
| Nationality | Irish Canadian[1] |
| Partner | Christine Roulston |
| Children | 2 |
| 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.
Background
Donoghue was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1969.[