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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]

Career

Pheby'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

• 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)

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