Emma Donoghue is an Irish, award-winning author and playwright.

Her novels include: Stir-fry (1994), Hood (1995), Slammerkin (2000), Life Mask (2004), Landing (2007), The Sealed Letter (2008), and Room (2010). Her short storey collections include: Kissing the Witch (1997) The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits (2002), and Touchy Subjects (2006).

Room was a 2010 Man Booker Prize finalist; Hood was awarded the Stonewall Book Award, and Slammerkin was awarded the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction.