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Emma Healey

Emma Constance Healey is a British novelist. Her debut novel, Elizabeth Is Missing (2014) won the annual Costa Book Award for First Novel.

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Emma Healey
Healey at the 2015 London Book Fair
Healey at the 2015 London Book Fair
Born
Emma Constance Healey

1985 (age 40–41)
London, England
OccupationWriter
Alma materLondon College of Communication (BA)
University of East Anglia (MA)
GenreLiterary fiction
Notable worksElizabeth Is Missing
Notable awardsCosta–First Novel (2014)
Betty Trask Award (2015)
Website
emmahealey.co.uk

Emma Constance Healey1 is a British novelist. Her debut novel, Elizabeth Is Missing (2014) won the annual Costa Book Award for First Novel.23

Life and career

Born in London, Healey completed a foundation year at Central Saint Martins before graduating with a BA in Book Arts and Crafts from the London College of Communication.4 She graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in creative writing (prose fiction) in 2011.5 Her first novel was adapted for television in 2019, Elizabeth Is Missing.

Awards

Year Title Award Category Result Ref6
2014 Elizabeth Is Missing British Book Award New Writer Shortlisted
Costa Book Award First Novel Won
Waverton Good Read Award — Longlisted
2015 Authors' Club First Novel Award — Shortlisted
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction — Longlisted
Betty Trask Prize and Awards Betty Trask Award Won
Desmond Elliott Prize — Shortlisted
Independent Booksellers' Book Prize Adult Shortlisted
2016 International Dublin Literary Award — Longlisted

Works

  • 2014: Elizabeth Is Missing
  • 2018: Whistle in the Dark
  • 2025: Sweat
References

References

  1. "Emma Healey – Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. "Costa Book Awards: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey wins coveted first novel award". The Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. Vincent, Alice (5 January 2015). "Wartime adaptation of Five Children and It wins in Costa Book Award categories". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. "Shortlist for the 2014 Costa Novel Award" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. "Best-selling author praised for depiction of dementia". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. "Emma Healey | Author | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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