Indie Gold Award Winner 2026
Judges comments: Your work stood out among a strong field of submissions from talented independent authors around the world. Our judges were impressed by the creativity, storytelling, and originality represented in your entry.
Biography
Healy has lived, traveled, and worked all over the world. She uses her experiences and adventures in Japan, Nepal, Tibet, Borneo,
Lesotho, Germany, and Canada, as a source of inspiration to write novels set in faraway lands and populated with memorable characters.
In Japan, she taught English to businessmen, and in Tokyo worked on NH
Healy has lived, traveled, and worked all over the world. She uses her experiences and adventures in Japan, Nepal, Tibet, Borneo,
Lesotho, Germany, and Canada, as a source of inspiration to write novels set in faraway lands and populated with memorable characters.
In Japan, she taught English to businessmen, and in Tokyo worked on NHK television and radio. In Nepal, she was marketing manager for a resort in the Himalayas. In Lesotho, Africa, she was representative for a Canadian parastatal which brought out short term volunteers to assist with a multitude of wonderful projects. While in Canada, I did marketing for a Native American art gallery specializing in stone sculpture. In the United States, among other things, she was a travel agent and customer relations manager for a software company.
Awards 2026
Indie Gold Award Winner Finalist Best Mystery
Awards 2023
2nd place winner in NOWWS International Short Crime Fiction Contest and long listed in the Letter Review Short Story Contest for "One Hundred Million Shades of Color" https://www.nowwwriters.ca/25th-writing-contest-2023.html
Awards 2018
2nd in RWA Kiss of Death's Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense for Mainstream Mystery/Suspense. http://www.rwakissofdeath.org/daphne
Crime Writers Association member
A past resident at the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony