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Emma Healey


UK flag (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.
 

Genres: Mystery
 
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The List of Suspicious Things (2024)
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"This is a heart-warming book."
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The House of Broken Bricks (2024)
Fiona Williams
"The House of Broken Bricks is a truly sensory experience. I could feel, taste and see everything. The storytelling is incredibly tense and poignant and unexpected, and the subject so brave and subtle."
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The Bay (2023)
Julia Rampen
"Careful and compassionate - subtle, human and meaningful, but also full of humour, and precise and beautiful description."

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Awards
Costa Book Awards Best First Novel winner (2014) : Elizabeth Is Missing
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2015) : Elizabeth Is Missing
Betty Trask Award Best First Novel nominee (2015) : Elizabeth Is Missing
Desmond Elliott Prize Best Book nominee (2015) : Elizabeth Is Missing


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