Emma Donoghue on The Paris Express

Emma Donoghue writes fiction (novels and short stories, contemporary and historical, most recently Learned by Heart), as well as drama for screen and stage. Her novel Room was shortlisted for the Booker, Commonwealth and Orange Prizes, selling nearly three million copies in forty languages. Donoghue was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film adaptation of Room starring Brie Larson. She also co-wrote the screenplay for the film of her novel The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh.