Sense and Sensibility (film) chick flick in period garb." New Market Press published Thompson's screenplay and film diary; in its first printing, the hard cover edition sold 28,500 copies in the US. British publisher Bloomsbury released a paperback edition of the novel containing film pictures, same title design, and the cast's names on the cover, whilst Signet Publishing in the US printed 250,000 copies instead of the typical 10,000 a year; actress Julie Christie read the novel in an audiobook released by Penguin Audiobooks. "Sense and Sensibility" increased dramatically in terms of its book sales, ultimately hitting tenth place on "The New York Times"
Emma Donoghue for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Emma Donoghue Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel "Room" was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel "Hood" won the Stonewall Book Award. and "Slammerkin" (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. "Room" was adapted into a film of the same name, for which Donoghue wrote the screenplay which was subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Donoghue was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1969. The youngest of eight children, she is