Emma Donoghue Quote

When she pulled the ribbon out of her mattress, at first light the next morning, it was brown.

Emma Donoghue

When she pulled the ribbon out of her mattress, at first light the next morning, it was brown.

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About Emma Donoghue

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.