Emma Donoghue

Room

A boy born in captivity narrates life in a single locked room with his mother

About the author

Emma Donoghue
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.

More by Emma Donoghue