Soon after publication Emma Healey will be talking to us about her new novel, Sweat. Emma grew up in London but now lives in Norwich. Her first degree was in bookbinding which led to work in libraries, bookshops, art galleries and universities. She gained an MA in Creative Writing from UEA. Elizabeth is Missing won the Costa First Novel Award in 2014 and sold more than a million copies. It was adapted for television with BAFTA and EMMY award-winning Glenda Jackson as Maud, the missing protagonist with dementia. Long listed for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Whistle in the Dark focuses on a teenager who is lost for four inexplicable days. Emma volunteers for Vision Norfolk, working with visually impaired writers.

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