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Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue is an Irish author known for her literary fiction novels and stories. She grew up in Dublin, where she attended Catholic convent schools, except for a year spent in New York at the age of 10. In 1990, she graduated with a first-class honours B.A. in English and French from University College Dublin, followed by a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1997. Since the age of 23, Emma has been a full-time writer. After years of commuting between England, Ireland, and Canada, she settled in London, Ontario, where she lives with her partner and their children. Emma made her publishing debut in 1993 with the short story collection Kissing the Witch and the non-fiction book Passions Between Women. Below is a list of her books in the order of their original release:

Emma Donoghue became a published novelist in 1993 with the novel Passions Between Women. Below is a list of Emma Donoghue's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Finbar's Hotel Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Lotterys Plus One Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Lotterys Plus One (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lotterys More or Less (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Kissing the Witch (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Astray (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Touchy Subjects (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three and a Half Deaths (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
RED (With: Victoria Hislop) (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Plays Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Ladies And Gentlemen (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Emma Donoghue: Selected Plays (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Signatories (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Room the Play (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Passions Between Women (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
We are Michael Field (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inseparable (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Out Of Line Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
This Telling (By: Cheryl Strayed) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Graceful Burdens (By: Roxane Gay) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sweet Virginia (By: Caroline Kepnes) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Contractors (By: Lisa Ko) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Halfway to Free (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bear Witness (By: Mary Gaitskill) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shine, Pamela! Shine! (By: Kate Atkinson) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Eleventh Annual Collection (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Poems Between Women (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Love and Sex (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
One Hot Second: Stories About Desire (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Finding the Words (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Truth and Dare: 20 Tales of Heartbreak and Happiness (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Love Alters:Stories of Lesbian Love and Erotica (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the Twenty-First Century (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Furies (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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