{{short description|British novelist}} {{about||the Canadian writer and poet|Emma Healey (Canadian writer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox writer | name = Emma Healey | image = emma healey 2015 1.jpg | alt = | caption = Healey at the 2015 London Book Fair | birth_name = Emma Constance Healey | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1985}} | birth_place = London, England | occupation = Writer | alma_mater = London College of Communication {{small|(BA)}}<br />University of East Anglia {{small|(MA)}} | genre = Literary fiction | notableworks = ''Elizabeth Is Missing'' | awards = Costa–First Novel (2014)<br>Betty Trask Award (2015) | website = {{URL|http://emmahealey.co.uk/}} | portaldisp = }} '''Emma Constance Healey'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Emma Healey – Literature |url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/emma-healey |website=literature.britishcouncil.org |access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> is a British novelist. Her debut novel, ''Elizabeth Is Missing'' (2014) won the annual Costa Book Award for First Novel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Costa Book Awards: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey wins coveted first novel award|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/costa-book-awards-elizabeth-is-missing-by-emma-healey-wins-coveted-first-novel-award-9959008.html |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=vincent/>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shortlist for the 2014 Costa Novel Award|url=https://www.costa.co.uk/media/280251/CBA2014FullShortlist.pdf|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003722/https://www.costa.co.uk/media/280251/CBA2014FullShortlist.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> She graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in creative writing (prose fiction) in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Best-selling author praised for depiction of dementia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/university-east-anglia-partner-zone/2014/nov/11/best-selling-author-praised-for-depiction-of-dementia |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> Her first novel was adapted for television in 2019, ''Elizabeth Is Missing''.

==Awards== {{More references|section|date=June 2024}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Award !Category !Result !{{Abbr|Ref|Reference}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emma Healey {{!}} Author {{!}} LibraryThing |url=https://www.librarything.com/author/healeyemma-2 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=LibraryThing.com |language=en}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" |2014 | rowspan="9" |''Elizabeth Is Missing'' |British Book Award |New Writer |{{Sho}} | |- |Costa Book Award |First Novel |{{Won}} | |- |Waverton Good Read Award |— |{{Nominated|Longlisted}} | |- ! rowspan="5" |2015 |Authors' Club First Novel Award |— |{{Sho}} | |- |Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction |— |{{Nominated|Longlisted}} | |- |Betty Trask Prize and Awards |Betty Trask Award |{{Won}} | |- |Desmond Elliott Prize |— |{{Sho}} | |- |Independent Booksellers' Book Prize |Adult |{{Sho}} | |- !2016 |International Dublin Literary Award |— |{{Nominated|Longlisted}} | |}

==Works== *2014: ''Elizabeth Is Missing'' *2018: ''Whistle in the Dark'' *2025: ''Sweat''

==References== {{reflist |25em |refs=

<ref name=vincent> Vincent, Alice (5 January 2015). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/11312169/Costa-book-award-winners-2014-ali-smith.html "Wartime adaptation of ''Five Children and It'' wins in Costa Book Award categories"]. ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 20 January 2015.</ref> }}

==External links== * {{LCAuth|n2013061238|Emma Healey|1|ue}}

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