Alex Pheby
Alex Pheby (born 1970) is a British author and academic. He currently teaches at the University of Greenwich, He studied at Manchester University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Goldsmiths. and UEA. Career. Pheby's second novel, "Playthings", was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written" in "Literary Review". 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. His third novel, "Lucia,", concerning the suspected schizophrenic daughter of James Joyce, released in  2018 was joint winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize. 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".