Emma Donoghue

The author of Room also writes some seriously good historical fiction, like 2023’s Learned by Heart, which fictionalized the youth of Anne Lister. The Paris Express, set later in the 19th century, follows a large cast of characters, each with their own reasons for taking a train to Paris—one of whom is an anarchist with a plan to derail the fated trip.

The author of Room also writes some seriously good historical fiction, like 2023’s Learned by Heart, which fictionalized the youth of Anne Lister. The Paris Express, set later in the 19th century, follows a large cast of characters, each with their own reasons…

Shiromi Arserio’s velvety voice is perfect for this tale of forbidden love set in the confines of an English boarding school in the 1800s.

Shiromi Arserio’s velvety voice is perfect for this tale of forbidden love set in the confines of an English boarding school in the 1800s.

A masterful storyteller, Emma Donoghue brings her dazzling talent and imagination to this historical novel based on a true story of risk, love and two young women discovering themselves by way of each other.

A masterful storyteller, Emma Donoghue brings her dazzling talent and imagination to this historical novel based on a true story of risk, love and two young women discovering themselves by way of each other.

This novel takes place in a hospital ward where pregnant women have been quarantined during the 1918 influenza epidemic.

This novel takes place in a hospital ward where pregnant women have been quarantined during the 1918 influenza epidemic.

Emma Donoghue’s moving novel is a plea for an end to the inequality that pandemics make all the more stark.

Emma Donoghue’s moving novel is a plea for an end to the inequality that pandemics make all the more stark.

Stories about the mysteries of childhood have often been at the heart of Emma Donoghue’s fiction, and so it is with Akin.

Stories about the mysteries of childhood have often been at the heart of Emma Donoghue’s fiction, and so it is with Akin.

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