Emma Donoghue

thumb|Stories are a different kind of true. Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Quotes Looking back, I can now see that Hood is part of a small but interesting body of lesbian novels of loss and bereavement (by people like Sarah Schulman, Marion Douglas, Sarah Von Arsdale, Carol Anshaw) written in the 1990s. We were catching up with the boys, perhaps; gay men really took the lead in writing honest and beautiful books about mourning. interview in Irish women writers speak out by Caitriona Moloney & Helen Thompson (2003) Room (novel) (2010) It's called mind over matter. If we don't mind, it doesn't matter. "Are stories true?""Which ones?""The mermaid mother and Hansel and Gretel and all them.""Well," says Ma, "not literally.""What's—""They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today.""So they're fake?""No, no. Stories are a different kind of true." When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything. "Scared is what you're feeling," says Ma, "but brave is what you're doing." I think buddy is man talk for sweetie. Room (film) (2015) Room (2015 film) Ma: You're gonna love it.Jack: What?Ma: The world. About Soon I must vote for Oscars and BAFTAs, so I've been having marathon screening sessions. Top of my list so far is ROOM, which is brilliant in every way. The boy actor, Jacob Tremblay, is astounding. But most of all, it's a film that never stoops to the rigged mini-plots so often used to generate viewer excitement: it goes its own way, always surprising, always utterly believable. The writer of both the novel and the screenplay, Emma Donoghue, has produced a perfect work. People seem surprised that a first-time screenwriter can be so good, but the truth is screenwriting's not hard, it's having something strong and real and true to write about that's hard. Emma Donoghue is original and wise: that's rare. William Nicholson, "Oscar voting" (January 3, 2016) External links http://www.emmadonoghue.com Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Historians from Canada Category:Novelists from Canada Category:Short story writers from Canada Category:Playwrights from Canada Category:Playwrights from Ireland Category:Novelists from Ireland Category:Short story writers from Ireland Category:LGBT people Category:Screenwriters from Canada Category:Women from Canada Category:People from Dublin Category:Independent Spirit Award winners