Alex Pheby

Alex Pheby (born 1970)[1] is a British author and academic. He currently teaches at the University of Greenwich and has studied at Manchester University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Goldsmiths. and UEA.[2] He has written books such as Playthings, Grace, Lucia and Mordew.

Alex Pheby
OccupationNovelist
NationalityUK
GenreFiction, literary fiction, medical fiction

Writing career

His second novel, Playthings, was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written" in Literary Review.[3] The novel deals with the true case of Daniel Paul Schreber, a 19th-century German judge afflicted by schizophrenia, who was committed to an asylum. In 2016, Playthings was shortlisted for the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize.[4]

His third novel, Lucia, a book about the life of the suspected schizophrenic daughter of James Joyce, released in 2018 was joint winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize.[5]

Pheby is also the author of Grace, published by Two Ravens Press.

In 2020, he released Mordew, the first in a trilogy of fantasy books. It chronicles the story of Nathan Treeves, a resident of the city of Mordew who finds he has special powers that rivals those of the master of the city. Critics have praised the world building, the balance between 'invention and familiarity,' and described the novel as 'dizzying'. The book was published by Galley Beggar.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Pheby, Alex". id.loc.gov. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  2. https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/fach/alex-pheby
  3. "A Waking Dreamer". Literary Review.
  4. "Playthings by Alex Pheby review – the madness of Daniel Paul Schreber". The Guardian.
  5. "Novels about Lucia Joyce and Alan Turing win Republic of Consciousness Prize". The Irish Times.
  6. Roberts, Adam (2020-08-20). "Mordew by Alex Pheby review – an extravagant, unnerving fantasy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  7. www.spectator.co.uk https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/magic-and-miasma-mordew-by-alex-pheby-reviewed. Retrieved 2020-08-25. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Mordew: a city of compelling characters and dark adventures". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-08-25.


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