Caroline O'Donoghue

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Caroline O'Donoghue
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BornCork, Ireland
OccupationNovelist
GenreYoung adult

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.

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Writing

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 writing appeared in The Observer. [4]

In 2020, O’Donoghue published Scenes of a Graphic Nature. The Guardian called the novel “witty, tender and insightful.” [5] The Irish Times said it was a “gorgeous exploration of the messy and fragile nature of friendship and all the many forms of love, as well as of the primal need we all have to belong.” [6]

Her next adult novel, The Rachel Incident, was published in 2023. The novel received positive reviews from critics. [7] 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". [8] The Irish Times called it "a deeply satisfying novel about friendship and love". [9] In 2024 The Rachel Incident was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction. [10]

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

O'Donoghue started the Sentimental Garbage podcast in 2018, which deals with popular culture, especially women's fiction. [11] This led to a spin-off podcast about Sex and the City called Sentimental In The City, which is co-hosted with Dolly Alderton. [12]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Best Sellers: Young Adult Paperback Books". The New York Times. 26 June 2022. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ↑ Gilmartin, Sarah (2 June 2018). "Promising Young Women by Caroline O'Donoghue: timely and vibrant". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  3. ↑ Sugar, Vera (6 September 2018). "Promising Young Women by Caroline O'Donoghue". The London Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  4. ↑ O’Donoghue, Caroline (2023-08-06). "Rethinking the 'gay best friend'". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  5. ↑ Cosslett, Rhiannon Lucy (2020-08-08). "Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O'Donoghue review – art, female collaboration and identity". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Scenes of a Graphic Nature: Witty take on the messy nature of friendship". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  7. ↑ "Book Marks reviews of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue". Book Marks. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue: A deeply satisfying novel about friendship and love". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  10. ↑ Creamer, Ella (2024-10-24). "David Nicholls heads shortlist for Wodehouse comic fiction prize". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  11. ↑ Baxter, Rhoda (10 December 2018). "Caroline O'Donoghue: Sentimental Garbage Podcast". Romantic Novelists Association. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Cain, Hamilton (June 27, 2023). "https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/books/review/the-rachel-incident-caroline-odonoghue.html". New York Times.{{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  14. ↑ "'The Rachel Incident' looks back on early-20s friendships, love and mistakes". NPR. December 16, 2023.
  15. ↑ Charles, Ron (2023-06-20). "Review | An Irish woman looks back, with plenty of humor and heartbreak". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2024-06-04.
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