Emma Donoghue

Irish-Canadian · b. 1969

4 award wins·3 shortlist appearances

Award History

Award	Year	Book	Status
Scotiabank Giller Prize	2025	The Paris Express	Shortlist
International Dublin Literary Award	2024	Haven	Shortlist
Scotiabank Giller Prize	2016	The Wonder	Shortlist
Indies Choice Book Award – Adult Fiction	2011	Room	Winner
Stonewall Book Award	2011	Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature	Winner
Goodreads Choice Awards – Fiction	2010	Room	Winner
Stonewall Book Award	1997	Hood	Winner

Award-Winning Books

Winner
Hood
Emma DonoghueStonewall Book Award
Shortlist
The Paris Express
Emma DonoghueScotiabank Giller Prize
Shortlist
Haven
Emma DonoghueInternational Dublin Literary Award
Shortlist
The Wonder
Emma DonoghueScotiabank Giller Prize
Winner
Room
Emma DonoghueGoodreads Choice Awards – Fiction
Winner
Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature
Emma DonoghueStonewall Book Award

About Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian author best known for her novel Room, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She has been shortlisted for the Giller Prize multiple times. She writes across historical fiction, literary fiction, and drama.

Award History

Award-Winning Books

Hood

The Paris Express

Haven

The Wonder

Room

Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature

About Emma Donoghue