Penelope Fitzgerald never fails to surprise: her language is clever and elegant, her settings are unusual, her characters are unpredictable, and I am always caught out by a line or moment which makes me laugh out loud. — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
The characters in a novel are made up, figments of the writer's imagination. I'm sure this won't come as a surprise to anyone, and it's not surprising to me either, but knowing this, feeling this, definitely made writing my second… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
People always want to give you advice about parenting. People who you've never met before will tell you you're doing something wrong. And it's… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
I can trace my interest in modern classics to the summer before art college. — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
I was a 20-something woman living in London and didn't want to write about a 20-something woman living in London! It's an area well… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
While I was writing 'Elizabeth Is Missing' and struggling with the intricacies of the plot, I told myself the next book would be really… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
I feel like Mills and Boon saved my life. It was a way of not living. I read a lot of other books as… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
I've been surprised that 'Elizabeth is Missing' has been so well received as a crime book. I love mystery stories, and that is what… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
When I was writing my first novel, 'Elizabeth is Missing,' I was writing the only novel I had ever written and writing about the… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
“My reflection always gives me a shock. I never really believed I would age, and certainly not like this.” — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask, 'If you'd never had a reader, would you carry on writing?' No. — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
Several members of my family have, or have had, one form of dementia or another. I really wanted to explore what it might like… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
