Emma Constance Healey is a British novelist. Her debut novel, ''

Elizabeth is Missing ''Elizabeth Is Missing'' is a television drama film directed by Aisling Walsh, adapted by Andrea Gibb from the novel of the same name by Emma Healey. It was broadcast on 8 December 2019 on BBC One. It stars Glenda Jackson as Maud, an elderly w ...

'' (2014) won the annual Costa Book Award, Best First Novel.

Life and career

Born in London, Healey completed a foundation year at

Central Saint Martins Central Saint Martins is a public tertiary art school in London, England. It is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of shor ...

before graduating with a BA in Book Arts and Crafts from the

London College of Communication The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation, film, graphic design, photography and sound arts. It has approximately ...

. She graduated from the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

with an MA in creative writing (prose fiction) in 2011.

Awards

*2014:

Costa Book Award for First Novel The Costa Book Award for First Novel, formerly known as the Whitbread Award (1971-2006), was an annual literary award for authors' debut novels, part of the Costa Book Awards. Recipients Costa Books of the Year are distinguished with a bold font ...

, winner, ''Elizabeth is Missing'' *2015:

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

, longlist, ''Elizabeth is Missing'' *2015:

Betty Trask Award The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. Each year the awards total £20,000, with one author receiving a larger prize amount, called the ...

, ''Elizabeth is Missing''

Works

*2014: ''Elizabeth is Missing'' *2018: ''Whistle in the Dark''

References

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* 1985 births Living people Alumni of Central Saint Martins Alumni of the London College of Communication Alumni of the University of East Anglia Costa Book Award winners Writers from London 21st-century English writers {{England-writer-stub