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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. Background Donoghue was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1969. The youngest of eight children, she is the daughter of Frances (born Rutledge) and academic and literary critic Denis Donoghue. She has a first-class honours Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin (in English and French) and a PhD in English from Girton College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge she lived in a women's co-operative, an experience which inspired her short story "The Welcome". Her thesis was on friendship between men and women in 18th-century fiction. At Cambridge, she met her future wife, Christine Roulston, a Canadian who is now professor of French and Women's Studies at the University of Western Ontario. They moved permanently to Canada in 1998 and Donoghue became a Canadian citizen in 2004. She lives in London, Ontario, with Roulston and their two children. Influences and approach to writing Donoghue has spoken of the importance of the writing of Emily Dickinson, of Jeanette Winterson's novel The Passion and Alan Garner's Red Shift in the development of her work. She says that she aims to be "industrious and unpretentious" about the process of writing, and that her working life has changed since having children. Works Stir Fry and Hood Donoghue's first novel was 1994's Stir Fry, a contemporary coming of age novel about a young Irish woman discovering her sexuality. It was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in 1994. This was followed in 1995 by Hood, another contemporary story, this time about an Irish woman coming to terms with the death of her girlfriend. Hood won the 1997 American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Book Award for Literature (now known as the Stonewall Book Award for Literature). Slammerkin Slammerkin (2000) is a historical novel set in London and Wales. Inspired by an 18th-century newspaper story about a young servant who killed her employer and was executed, the protagonist is a prostitute who longs for fine clothes. It was a finalist in the 2001 Irish Times' Irish Literature Prize for Fiction and was awarded the 2002 Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction (despite a lack of lesbian content). Landing Her 2007 novel, Landing, portrays a long-distance relationship between a Canadian curator and an Irish flight attendant. The Sealed Letter The Sealed Letter (2008), another work of historical fiction, is based on the Codrington Affair, a scandalous divorce case that gripped Britain in 1864. The protagonist is Emily Faithfull. The Sealed Letter was longlisted for the Giller Prize, and was joint winner, with Chandra Mayor's All the Pretty Girls, of the 2009 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction. Room On 27 July 2010, Donoghue's novel Room was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and on 7 September 2010 it made the shortlist. On 2 November 2010, it was announced that Room had been awarded the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Room was also shortlisted for the 2010 Governor General's Awards in Canada, and was the winner of the Irish Book Award 2010. It was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011, but lost out to Tea Obreht. Donoghue later wrote the screenplay for a film version of the book, Room (2015), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award, and in 2017 adapted it into a play performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Frog Music Donoghue's novel Frog Music, a historical fiction book based on the true story of a murdered 19th-century cross-dressing frog catcher, was published in 2014. The Wonder Donoghue's 2016 novel The Wonder was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. It describes a case of Anorexia mirabilis in which an English nurse is brought in to observe a fasting girl in a devout Irish family; the after effects of the Crimean War, in which the protagonist served, and the Great Famine, in which the family suffered, cast their shadows. A film of the novel was released in autumn 2022. Directed by Sebastián Lelio, the screenplay is by Donoghue and Alice Birch, with Florence Pugh in the leading role. David Ehrlich of IndieWire called it a "sumptuous but slightly undercooked tale", praising Lelio's direction, the performances, the cinematography, and the score. Peter Bruge praised the cast performances in his review for Variety but criticized the screenplay, summarizing it as an "evenhanded but ultimately preposterous adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter’s Stephen Farber found it an "illuminating study of dark prejudices" and commended Pugh's performance, as well as Lelio's direction which he said represents perhaps his "finest achievement to date". Akin Akin (2019) is a contemporary novel, though with much discussion of events during the Second World War in France. Alex Preston in The Guardian called it "dispiriting". The Pull of the Stars Donoghue's novel The Pull of the Stars (2020), written in 2018-2019, was published earlier than originally planned because it was set in the 1918 influenza pandemic in Dublin, Ireland. All the characters were fictional except Dr Kathleen Lynn. The novel received strongly positive reviews from critics and was longlisted for the Giller Prize in 2020. Haven This novel, published in 2022, is set among monks in the seventh century on Skellig Michael. Hephzibah Anderson, in The Guardian, wrote that "While Haven certainly isn’t her most accessible novel, a flinty kind of hope brightens its satisfying ending. What the reader is likely to take away, however, is the image of a bleak place made still bleaker by human intervention". It was shortlisted for the 2024 International Dublin Literary Award. Learned by Heart This novel published in 2023 explores the relationship between Anne Lister and Eliza Raine during their time at Miss Hargrave's Manor school. The novel delves into their deep connection and Eliza's reflections from an asylum. While praised for its portrayal of first love, some critics found the detailed depiction of school life overshadowed the central narrative. Learned by Heart was shortlisted for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Bibliography Novels Stir Fry (1994) Hood (1995) Slammerkin (2000) Life Mask (2004) Landing (2007) The Sealed Letter (2008) Room (2010) ISBN 978-0-316-12057-9 Frog Music (2014) The Wonder (2016) The Lotterys series: The Lotterys Plus One (2017) The Lotterys More or Less (2018) Akin (2019) The Pull of the Stars (2020) Haven (2022) Learned by Heart (2023) Short stories Collecti.... Discover the Emma Donoghue popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Emma Donoghue books.
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Gates of Paradise
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The Forest of Vanishing Stars
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The Forbidden Heart
V.C. AndrewsThe Forbidden series continues in this thrilling enovella, as Emmie must reinvent herself in Paris after her older sister, a highpriced escort, suddenly disappears.Emmie risked eve...
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Into the Woods
V.C. AndrewsA young’s girl life would never be the same once she ventured into the woods in this unputdownable classic from the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic se...
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Heart Song
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Mayfair
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The Heavenstone Secrets
V.C. AndrewsSECRETS ARE AT HOME HERE . . . The Heavenstone sisters live with their mother and father in a grand old mansion in bluegrass Kentucky. Semantha, the younger and prettier one, is af...
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Capturing Angels
V.C. AndrewsV.C. Andrews, queen of Gothic fiction for twentyfive years, explores a new genre in her women’s fiction debutavailable exclusively as an eBook. A young mother struggles to keep her...
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Music in the Night
V.C. AndrewsLaura Logan dreams of a glorious Cape Cod day when all the dark secrets are swept away....For Laura Logan, life on Cape Cod has been nearly perfect, full of magical days spent enjo...
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Mirrorland
Carole Johnstone“Unnerving.” People “Unsettling...unlocks its mysteries slowly.” The New York Times Book Review “A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination” Rut...
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Broken Wings
V.C. AndrewsMeet Robin, Teal, and Phoebe again in the exciting sequel to Broken Wings.Three girls from different worlds with one thing in common: They were born to be wild. Robin... With a mom...
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My Name Is Leon
Kit de Waal“Taut, emotionally intense, and wholly believable, this beautiful and uplifting debut” (Kirkus Reviews) about a young black boy’s quest to reunite with his beloved white halfbrothe...
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Flowers in the Attic
V.C. AndrewsA major Lifetime movie eventthe novel that captured the world's imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. Book One of the Dollanganger Family series.At the to...
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Daughter of Darkness
V.C. AndrewsDangerously enticing and deliriously intoxicating, V.C. Andrews's Daughter of Darkness will leave readers thirsting for more.Beloved bestselling author V.C. Andrews’s passion for v...
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Freedom
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Raven
V.C. AndrewsAll she wanted was an end to broken promises...Her Mama made it painfully clear that she wished Raven had never been born. But even after she was sent to live with her kindly aunt ...
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To Marry a Prince
Sophie PageOne night is about to change Bella's life for ever...Bella Greenwood isn't a fairytale girl. If pushed, she'd probably tell you that her perfect wedding would involve a handful of ...
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Celeste
V.C. AndrewsHe was her mirror image. Now the mirror has cracked.Celeste and her twin brother, Noble, are as close as can beuntil a tragic accident takes Noble's life. It's a loss that pushes t...
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Looker
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Dark Angel
V.C. AndrewsA young woman struggles with her past and a future thrust upon her with threats coming from the past and now the present. Does she have the strength to withstand and grow? From #1 ...
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The Mirror Sisters
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Unfinished Symphony
V.C. AndrewsMelody Logan had only just found a safe harbor when a new storm set her adrift all over again...Melody had always believed her mother, Haille, and dear stepdaddy had died in tragic...
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A Stolen Life
Jaycee DugardIn the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen. For eighteen years I ...
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The Orphan Collector
Ellen Marie WisemanInstant New York Times BestsellerFrom the internationally bestselling author of What She Left Behind comes a gripping and powerful tale of upheavala heartbreaking saga of resi...
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Broken Glass
V.C. AndrewsThis second gothic novel in the dark Mirror Sisters trilogy continues the tale of sisterly love at its absolute worstfrom the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers...
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Into the Darkness
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Butterfly
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Eye of the Storm
V.C. AndrewsIn the wake of a terrible loss, Rain is left alone to bear Hudson family secrets as dark and forbidding as storm clouds on the horizon...After the death of her beloved Grandmother ...
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Corliss
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Tarnished Gold
V.C. AndrewsFrom bestselling author V.C. Andrews comes the prequel to the Landry series! Growing up in Louisiana, Gabriel’s young life is a happy one, despite the growing rift between her moth...
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The Blackhouse
Carole JohnstoneFrom the author of the “dark and devious...beautifully written” (Stephen King) Mirrorland comes an “atmospheric, thrilling, and utterly captivating” (Booklist) gothic tale set on a...
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Spindrift
V.C. AndrewsBook Four of the Girls of Spindrift. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina series (now Lifetime movies) continues a haunting n...
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Seeds of Yesterday
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Above
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Secret Whispers
V.C. AndrewsThere's no place like home...and no end to the nightmare...Samantha is in her last year of high school at a very exclusive allgirls school in upstate New York. It has been four yea...
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Melody
V.C. AndrewsMelody Logan knew her beautiful mother, Haille, was unhappy in their hardscrabble mining town...But with her wonderful father's unwavering love, Melody always felt safeuntil a drea...
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Secrets in the Shadows
V.C. AndrewsEveryone says her mother was crazy. Is she doomed to repeat the past?Up in the attic, that's where Alice's mother used to escape to...and it's where, so Alice has been told, she pl...
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Out of the Attic
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Donna
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Pearl in the Mist
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Dawn
V.C. AndrewsFrom #1 bestselling author V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) the first book in the captivating Cutler seriessoon to be a Lifetime limited series!In her fine new...
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House of Secrets
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Scattered Leaves
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