Caroline O'Donoghue
Caroline O'Donoghue is a writer from Cork, Ireland. As well as being a New York Times bestselling young adult novelist,[1] she has also worked as a columnist (most notably for the Irish Examiner and Harper's Bazaar), and has a podcast, Sentimental Garbage.
Writing[edit]
O'Donoghue's debut novel Promising Young Women was published in 2018 by Little, Brown and received favourable reviews, with The Irish Times comparing her to Sally Rooney and Rosita Sweetman[2] and The London Magazine saying that her writing style was both "original and engaging".[3]
Her next adult novel, The Rachel Incident, was published in 2023. The novel received positive reviews from critics.[4] It was described by The Washington Post as "heartbreaking and funny" with Ron Charles noting "she may not have Binchy's sweetness, but she illuminates these Irish lives with a light all her own".[5]
She has written a YA series, All Our Hidden Gifts, with three books published to date: All Our Hidden Gifts (2021), The Gifts That Bind Us (2022), and Every Gift a Curse (2023). The first of the series, All Our Hidden Gifts, was a New York Times bestselling young adult title.[1]
Podcasts[edit]
O'Donoghue started the Sentimental Garbage podcast in 2018, which deals with popular culture, especially women's fiction.[6] This led to a spin-off podcast about Sex and the City called Sentimental In The City, which is co-hosted with Dolly Alderton.[7]
Bibliography[edit]
- Promising Young Women. London: Little, Brown and Company. 2018. ISBN 978-0-349-00990-2.
- All Our Hidden Gifts (2021 – ; London: Walker Books)
- O'Donoghue, Caroline (2021). All Our Hidden Gifts. Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-1-536-21394-2.
- O'Donoghue, Caroline (2022). The Gifts That Bind Us. National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-1-536-22222-7.
- O'Donoghue, Caroline (2023). Every Gift a Curse. Walker Books Limited. ISBN 978-1-529-50797-3.
- The Rachel Incident. London: Little, Brown and Company. 2023. ISBN 978-0-349-01355-8.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Best Sellers: Young Adult Paperback Books". The New York Times. 26 June 2022. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ Gilmartin, Sarah (2 June 2018). "Promising Young Women by Caroline O'Donoghue: timely and vibrant". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ Sugar, Vera (6 September 2018). "Promising Young Women by Caroline O'Donoghue". The London Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Book Marks reviews of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue". Book Marks. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ Charles, Ron (20 June 2023). "An Irish woman looks back, with plenty of humor and heartbreak". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ Baxter, Rhoda (10 December 2018). "Caroline O'Donoghue: Sentimental Garbage Podcast". Romantic Novelists Association. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ O'Donoghue, Caroline (6 April 2021). "What Sex and the City taught me about the joy of fandom". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 2023-07-25.