I'm living in: London Ontario

About Me:

I'm an Irish writer of novels (historical and contemporary), stories, plays, radio drama, and literary history, but best known for my fiction. I've been living in Canada since 1998. When I'm not writing, I'm reading and/or looking after our two small kids.

My Works:

NOVELS: Stirfry 1994, Hood 1995, Slammerkin 2000, Life Mask 2004, Landing 2007, The Sealed Letter 2008 STORY COLLECTIONS Kissing the Witch 1997, The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits 2002, Touchy Subjects 2006 HISTORY Passions Between Women 1993 BIOGRAPHY We Are Michael Field 1998 ANTHOLOGIES What Sappho Would Have Said (US title Poems Between Women) 1997, The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories 1999 for more details see www.emmadonoghue.com

Interests:

Permanent preoccupations: the mysterious business of sexuality, how your century shapes your self. Current preoccupations: the Benson family, Upper Canada in the post-pioneer era, feral children.

Favourite Books:

The Road, We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Baroque Cycle, The Glimmer Palace, The Crimson Petal and the White, The Republic of Love, The Runaway Bunny, Fun Home, Fingersmith, The Passion, American Gods

Favourite Author:

Neal Stephenson