Caroline O'Donoghue

Caroline O'Donoghue
O'Donoghue in 2025
Born
Cork, 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.

Writing

O'Donoghue's debut novel Promising Young Women, published in 2018 by Little, Brown, 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 and received positive reviews from critics.[7] It was described by The Washington Post as "heartbreaking and funny", with Ron Charles noting that "she may not have Binchy's sweetness, but she illuminates these Irish lives with a light all her own".[8] The Irish Times called the book "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] In early 2025, Channel 4 announced that it had commissioned O'Donoghue to adapt the novel into an eight-part series.[11][12]

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

In 2018, O'Donoghue started the "Sentimental Garbage" podcast, which deals with popular culture, especially women's fiction.[13] This led to a spin-off podcast about Sex and the City, called Sentimental In The City, which is co-hosted with Dolly Alderton.[14]

Bibliography

  • —— (2018). Promising Young Women. London: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-349-00990-2.
  • —— (2020). Scenes of a Graphic Nature. Virago. ISBN 9780349009971.
  • —— (2021). All Our Hidden Gifts. Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-1-536-21394-2.
  • —— (2022). The Gifts That Bind Us. National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-1-536-22222-7.
  • —— (2023). Every Gift a Curse. Walker Books Limited. ISBN 978-1-529-50797-3.
  • —— (2023). The Rachel Incident. London: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-349-01355-8.[15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Best Sellers: Young Adult Paperback Books". The New York Times. 26 June 2022. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ Gilmartin, Sarah (2 June 2018). "Promising Young Women by Caroline O'Donoghue: timely and vibrant". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. ^ Sugar, Vera (6 September 2018). "Promising Young Women by Caroline O'Donoghue". The London Magazine. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. ^ O’Donoghue, Caroline (6 August 2023). "Rethinking the 'gay best friend'". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ^ Cosslett, Rhiannon Lucy (8 August 2020). "Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O'Donoghue review – art, female collaboration and identity". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  6. ^ Kelly, Julia (15 August 2020). "Scenes of a Graphic Nature: Witty take on the messy nature of friendship". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Book Marks reviews of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue". Book Marks. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  8. ^ Charles, Ron (20 June 2023). "An Irish woman looks back, with plenty of humor and heartbreak". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  9. ^ Coffey, Edel (7 July 2023). "The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue: A deeply satisfying novel about friendship and love". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  10. ^ Creamer, Ella (24 October 2024). "David Nicholls heads shortlist for Wodehouse comic fiction prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Channel 4 announces adaptation of the best-selling novel The Rachel Incident from Caroline O'Donoghue". Channel 4. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  12. ^ Elliott, Dave (13 February 2025). "Channel 4 order Adaptation of Novel 'The Rachel Incident' from Caroline O'Donoghue". Geektown. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  13. ^ Baxter, Rhoda (10 December 2018). "Caroline O'Donoghue: Sentimental Garbage Podcast". Romantic Novelists Association. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  14. ^ O'Donoghue, Caroline (6 April 2021). "What Sex and the City taught me about the joy of fandom". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  15. ^ Cain, Hamilton (27 June 2023). "Looking Back on a Formative Friendship With Compassion". New York Times.
  16. ^ "'The Rachel Incident' looks back on early-20s friendships, love and mistakes". NPR. 16 December 2023.
  17. ^ Charles, Ron (20 June 2023). "Review | An Irish woman looks back, with plenty of humor and heartbreak". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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