I had tried to write about young women in London who had jobs and boyfriends, and it was so tedious. — Emma Healey About Copy Share Image
“The bad news is your flaws don’t come from nowhere. The world is deeply fucked from every angle; its damage is incomprehensibly… — Emma Healey Bad news 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… — Emma Healey Books Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind. — Emma Healey Always Copy Share Image
Reading about what a digital native thinks of the Internet is like reading about what it's like to blink: it's kind of… — Emma Healey Boring Copy Share Image
Writing is the thing that pervades my whole day - I'm always wondering how I might describe something or improve my understanding.… — Emma Healey Communication Copy Share Image
I found 'The Face Of Another' by Kobo Abe disappointing despite the excellent, gothic premise: a man who's terrible facial scarring leads… — Emma Healey Create Copy Share Image
I have a study at the back of the house, overlooking our garden. It's tiny, just wide enough to fit my desk… — Emma Healey Art Copy Share Image
Ann Radcliffe was an early influence; I devoured her books while I should have been studying for my GCSEs. — Emma Healey Books Copy Share Image
Although my father's mother, Nancy, has dementia, and her experiences gave me ideas for some of the scenes in the book, it… — Emma Healey Character Copy Share Image
Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' was published while I was trying to work out how to… — Emma Healey Curious Copy Share Image
I really admire Ana Mendieta. She was a Cuban American artist who died the year I was born and whose work examines… — Emma Healey Art Copy Share Image
There are lots of things going on for teenagers, with exam stress, changing friendship groups, becoming independent, and all those hormone changes… — Emma Healey Becoming Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time researching dementia, read papers on the subject, and also found a lot of dementia diaries on… — Emma Healey Great Copy Share Image
It's a slow process rewriting your own life in your head. I think that's a writerly thing. — Emma Healey I think Copy Share Image
“The sun’s in my eyes and it’s difficult to see. The shape of her is distorted by the light, circles of her… — Emma Healey Sun Copy Share Image
When I was very small, I loved 'Meg And Mog' by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski. I had all the books and… — Emma Healey Books Copy Share Image
Like most new writers, I could only hope that one day one publisher might agree to publish one of my books; I… — Emma Healey Books Copy Share Image
