Alex Pheby (born 1970)[1] is a British author and academic. He is currently a professor at Newcastle University and lives in Scotland.[2] He studied at Manchester University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Goldsmiths. and UEA.[3]
Alex Pheby | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Literary fiction Medical fiction Fantasy fiction |
Career
editPheby's second novel, Playthings, was described as "the best neuro-novel ever written" in Literary Review.[4] The novel deals with the true case of Daniel Paul Schreber, a 19th-century German judge affected by schizophrenia, who was committed to an asylum. In 2016, Playthings was shortlisted for the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize.[5] His third novel, Lucia, concerning the suspected schizophrenic daughter of James Joyce, released in 2018 was joint winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize.[6] He is also the author of Grace, published by Two Ravens Press.
Mordew, published in 2020 by Galley Beggar Press, is the first of a trilogy of fantasy novels. Critics have praised the world building, the balance between "invention and familiarity", and described the novel as "dizzying".[7][8][9]
Bibliography
edit- 2014: Afterimages of Schreber
- 2015: Playthings
- 2018: Lucia
- 2020: Mordew (Cities of the Weft #1)
- 2022: Malarkoi (Cities of the Weft #2)
- TBC: Waterblack (Cities of the Weft #3)
References
edit- ^ "Pheby, Alex". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Alex Pheby – Professor of Creative Writing (Prose)". ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/fach/alex-pheby
- ^ "A Waking Dreamer". Literary Review.
- ^ "Playthings by Alex Pheby review – the madness of Daniel Paul Schreber". The Guardian. 20 November 2015.
- ^ "Novels about Lucia Joyce and Alan Turing win Republic of Consciousness Prize". The Irish Times.
- ^ Roberts, Adam (20 August 2020). "Mordew by Alex Pheby review – an extravagant, unnerving fantasy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Magic and miasma: Mordew, by Alex Pheby, reviewed | the Spectator". www.spectator.co.uk. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Mordew: a city of compelling characters and dark adventures". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 August 2020.