Emma Donoghue

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Biography: 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.

Department: Writing

Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

Birthday: October 01, 1969

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Gender: Female

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Known For:

Making “Room”
Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders
A24 : The American New Wave