| Emma Healey | |
| Birth Name: | Emma Constance Healey |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Genre: | Literary fiction |
| Notableworks: | Elizabeth Is Missing |
| Awards: | Costa–First Novel (2014) Betty Trask Award (2015) |
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]
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.[3] She graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in creative writing (prose fiction) in 2011.[4]
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | [5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Elizabeth Is Missing | British Book Award | New Writer | ||
| Costa Book Award | First Novel | ||||
| Waverton Good Read Award | — | ||||
| 2015 | Authors' Club First Novel Award | — | |||
| Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction | — | ||||
| Betty Trask Prize and Awards | Betty Trask Award | ||||
| Desmond Elliott Prize | — | ||||
| Independent Booksellers' Book Prize | Adult | ||||
| 2016 | International Dublin Literary Award | — |