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.