Emma Donoghue
1969
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Canada, Republic of Ireland
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Cambridge, University College Dublin, Girton College
occupation: literary historian, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, writer, film screenwriter
award received: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, Stonewall Book Award, Ferro-Grumley Award, Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
official website: www.emmadonoghue.com
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. 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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