Emma Donoghue

(1969-)

Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historian

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Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Man 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.

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Born	24 October 1969 (age 55) Dublin, Ireland
Zodiac	Scorpio
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Finn info 1st child with Christine Roulston Male b. 2003 · Age: 22 · 2003- · Celebrity Baby

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Una info 2nd child with Christine Roulston Female b. 2007 · Age: 18 · 2007- · Celebrity Baby

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