Emma Healey
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Emma Healey | |
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| Born | Emma Constance Healey 1985 (age 39) 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 | |
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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]
Awards
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| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref[6] |
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| 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
References
- ^ "Emma Healey – Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Costa Book Awards: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey wins coveted first novel award". The Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Shortlist for the 2014 Costa Novel Award" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Best-selling author praised for depiction of dementia". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Emma Healey | Author | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
External links
- Emma Healey at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalogue records
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