Son Finn: Ont ., and Fiction Writer

son finn: I've drawn on so many of their insights and comments about what goes on in the world as children, Donoghue said in a recent interview from London, Ont., where she lives, according to Hamilton Spectator. In fact, each of them has been highly amused to mark up a copy of the book with all the bits they feel that are stolen from them. Donoghue's son Finn was 7 and daughter Una was 3 when she began working on The Lotterys Plus One six years ago, and she now says it feels almost like I've written this with my kids. The acclaimed fiction writer, whose work includes the international bestseller Room and 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist The Wonder, said she didn't underestimate the task of writing a novel for children. I think there's nothing worse than an adult author kind of flouncing into children's fiction and thinking she can master it immediately. I've really tried to study the genre and figure out in what ways you can bend it, and in what ways you really do have to satisfy the child reader, Donoghue said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.