Emma_Healey

Emma Healey

Emma Healey

British novelist

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

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

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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]

Awards

Works

  • 2014: Elizabeth is Missing
  • 2018: Whistle in the Dark

References

  1. [1]
    "Emma Healey – Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Costa Book Awards: Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey wins coveted first novel award". The Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. [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. [4]
    "Shortlist for the 2014 Costa Novel Award" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Best-selling author praised for depiction of dementia". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2015.


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