Alex Pheby

His second novel, Playthings, was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written" in Literary Review.[1] 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.[2]

Alex Pheby
OccupationNovelist
NationalityUK
GenreFiction, literary fiction, medical fiction

Alex Pheby is a British author and academic.

In 2019, his third novel, Lucia, which deals with the life of James Joyce's daughter, was joint winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize.[3]

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

He currently (2019) teaches at the University of Greenwich and has studied at Manchester University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Goldsmiths. and UEA.[4]

References
  1. "A Waking Dreamer". Literary Review.
  2. "Playthings by Alex Pheby review – the madness of Daniel Paul Schreber". The Guardian.
  3. "Novels about Lucia Joyce and Alan Turing win Republic of Consciousness Prize". The Irish Times.
  4. https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/fach/alex-pheby
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