Emma Donoghue
Irish-Canadian novelist and playwright whose Room, narrated by a five-year-old captive, became an international bestseller and award-winning film. Her historical fiction ranges from eighteenth-century England to Victorian Dublin. She is one of Ireland's most prolific and successful literary authors.
Works
- RoomA boy born in captivity narrates life in a single locked room with his mother
- The WonderA nurse investigates a woman claiming to survive without food in Victorian Ireland
- Frog MusicWomen in 1870s San Francisco investigate a series of murders and friendship
- HoodTwo teenage girls explore first love and identity in contemporary Ireland
- LandingA woman finds love and community after crash-landing in rural Tasmania