Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historian
Emma Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and writer born on October 24, 1969, in Dublin. She holds citizenship in both Canada and the Republic of Ireland. Currently, Donoghue resides in London, Ontario.
She received her education at the University of Cambridge, Girton College, Cambridge, and University College Dublin. Emma Donoghue is the daughter of Denis Donoghue, an academic.