I must say, in the case of "Room," both the book and the film, I don't think being a lesbian author held me back at all.
Emma DonoghueI read a lot of social history. If I'm in an art gallery and a picture intrigues me, I immediately write down the title and I google it. I do a lot of googling and looking out for good stories. I can almost smell them sometimes.
Emma Donoghue