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Emma Healey

(b.1985)

Emma Healey grew up in London where she completed her first degree in bookbinding (learning how to put books together but not how to write them). She graduated from the MA in Creative Writing: Prose at UEA in 2011. Elizabeth is Missing is her first novel.

Awards: Costa (2014) see all

Genres: Mystery

New and upcoming books

January 2025

Sweat

Novels

   Elizabeth Is Missing (2014)
   A Whistle in the Dark (2018)
   Sweat (2025)

Awards

2014 Costa Book Award for Best First Novel : Elizabeth Is Missing

Award nominations

	2015 Desmond Elliott Prize (nominee) : Elizabeth Is Missing
	2015 Betty Trask Prize (nominee) : Elizabeth Is Missing

Emma Healey recommends

The Names (2025)
Florence Knapp
"Brilliant. I was amazed by how much joy Florence Knapp could get into a book so filled with tragedy. Incredibly moving and unexpected, and inventive."

The Safekeep (2024)
Yael van der Wouden
"A beautiful book. Incredibly well-observed, surprising, and deeply textured."

The List of Suspicious Things (2024)
Jennie Godfrey
"This is a heart-warming book."