Emma Donoghue
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born
October 24, 1969
gender
female
place of birth
Dublin, Ireland
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Literature & Fiction
about this author
Emma is the youngest of eight children of Frances and Denis Donoghue. She attended Catholic convent schools in Dublin, apart from one year in New York at the age of ten. In 1990 she earned a first-class honours BA in English and French from University College Dublin, and in 1997 a PhD (on the concept of friendship between men and women in eighteenth-century English fiction) from the University of Cambridge. Since the age of 23, Donoghue has earned her living as a full-time writer. After years of commuting between England, Ireland, and Canada, in 1998 she settled in London, Ontario, where she lives with her lover and their son and daughter.
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Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.56 — 1,375 ratings — published 2000 5 editions |
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Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.88 — 407 ratings — published 1993 9 editions |
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Life Mask by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.40 — 207 ratings — published 2004 7 editions |
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Landing by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.48 — 164 ratings — published 2007 3 editions |
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The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.27 — 169 ratings — published 2008 4 editions |
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Hood by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.85 — 142 ratings — published 1998 4 editions |
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Stir-Fry: A Novel by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.56 — 126 ratings — published 1995 6 editions |
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The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.66 — 116 ratings — published 2002 4 editions |
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Touchy Subjects: Stories by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.75 — 73 ratings — published 2006 5 editions |
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Best Lesbian Erotica 2007 by Emma Donoghue avg rating 3.75 — 20 ratings — published 2006 |
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"...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words."
— Emma Donoghue (Landing)
— Emma Donoghue (Landing)
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