Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue was born in Ireland in 1969 and lived in England before moving to Canada. Emma writes fiction (including the bestselling Slammerkin), drama for stage and radio, and literary history; Room is her seventh novel. Some of the places she found her inspiration : Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719), feralchildren.com, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (2006), Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh (1856), John Fowles’s The Collector (1963), Anne Frank’s Diary (1947), Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932), Terminator 2 : Judgment Day (1991), The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (1966), but above all in conversation with my five-year-old son.

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The Sealed Letter Emma Donoghue From the bestselling author of Room comes a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal and forbidden love. Based on blow-by-blow newspaper reports of the 1864 Codrington Divorce, The Sealed Letter, full of sparkling characters and wicked dialogue, is a thought-provoking... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2012 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Sealed Letter Emma Donoghue From the bestselling author of Room comes a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal and forbidden love. Based on blow-by-blow newspaper reports of the 1864 Codrington Divorce, The Sealed Letter, full of sparkling characters and wicked dialogue, is a thought-provoking... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/10/2011 Lovereading Price: £12.74 - Saving £4.25 (25%)

Touchy Subjects Emma Donoghue How do you make conversation with a sperm donor? How do you say someone's novel is drivel? Would you give a screaming baby brandy? In what words would you tell your girlfriend to pluck a hair on her chin? Touchy... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2011 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

Room Emma Donoghue One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011. A 2012 World Book Night selection. Winner of the Galaxy Paperback of the Year Award 2011. This was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize but I believed at the time it would... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Room Emma Donoghue Winner of the Hughes & Hughes Novel of the Year Award 2010. Shortlisted for the Galaxy International Author of the Year 2010. August 2010 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. This... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/08/2010 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)