Emma Healey

For the Canadian writer and poet, see Emma Healey (Canadian writer).

Emma Healey
Healey at the 2015 London Book Fair
Born	Emma Constance Healey 1985 (age 39–40) London, England
Occupation	Writer
Alma mater	London College of Communication (BA) University of East Anglia (MA)
Genre	Literary fiction
Notable works	Elizabeth Is Missing
Notable awards	Costa–First Novel (2014) Betty Trask Award (2015)
Website
emmahealey.co.uk

Emma Constance Healey ^[1] is a British novelist. Her debut novel, Elizabeth Is Missing (2014) won the annual Costa Book Award for First Novel. ^{[2] [3]}

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	Ref [6]
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

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.

External links

• Emma Healey at Library of Congress , with 1library catalogue record