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==Biography==
==Biography==


Aliya Whiteley was born in Barnstaple, North Devon, in 1974 and grew up in the seaside town of [[Ilfracombe]] which formed the inspiration for many of her stories and novels. She was educated at [[Ilfracombe College]] and gained a 2:1 BA (Hons) degree in Theatre, Film and [[Television Studies]] from the [[University of Wales]], Aberystwyth in 1995. In 2011 she was awarded an MSc in Library and Information Management by the [[University of Northumbria]]; her dissertation involved conducting a case study into the research techniques of modern [[novelists]]. She currently lives in [[West Sussex]].
Aliya Whiteley was born in [[Barnstaple]], North Devon, in 1974 and grew up in the seaside town of [[Ilfracombe]] which formed the inspiration for many of her stories and novels. She graduated from [[Ilfracombe College]] in 1995, gaining a BA (Hons) degree in theatre, Film and [[Television Studies]] from the [[University of Wales]], Aberystwyth.


In 2011 she was awarded an MSc in Library and Information Management by the [[University of Northumbria]]; her dissertation involved conducting a case study into the research techniques of modern [[novelists]]. She currently lives in [[West Sussex]].
==Bibliography==


===Novels===
== Works ==
===Novels===
*''Three Things About Me'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Three things about me|author=Whiteley, Aliya|date=2006|publisher=Macmillan New Writing|isbn=9780230001367|location=Basingstoke|oclc=65203022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aliya-whiteley/three-things-about-me|title=THREE THINGS ABOUT ME by Aliya Whiteley &#124; Kirkus|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|publisher=Kirkusreviews.com|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laurahird.com/newreview/threethingsaboutme.html|title=Aliyah Whiteley's 'Three Things About Me' reviewed on the official website of writer, Laura Hird|author=Laura Hird|publisher=Laurahird.com|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
*''Light Reading'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Light reading|author=Whiteley, Aliya|date=2008|publisher=Macmillan New Writing|isbn=9780230700628|location=London|oclc=176820057}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3671562/Not-as-elegant-as-Josephine-Tey.html|title=Not as elegant as Josephine Tey|author=Fiction Reviews|date=2 March 2008|publisher=Telegraph|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
*''The Loosening Skin'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The loosening skin|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|date = October 2018|isbn=978-1907389610|edition= First|location=London|oclc=1029786086}}</ref>
*''Skein Island'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Skein Island|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|date=2019|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=978-1789091526|location=[S.l.]|oclc=1085584800}}</ref>
*''[[Skyward Inn]]'' (2021)
*''Three Eight One'' (2024)


===Novellas===
'''Light Reading'''
*''Mean Mode Median'' (2004)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mean mode median|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|date=2004|publisher=Bluechrome|isbn=190478139X|location=Portishead|oclc=267097018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laurahird.com/newreview/meanmodemedian.html|title=Aliyah Whiteley's 'Mean Mode Median' reviewed on the official website of writer, Laura Hird|author=Laura Hird|publisher=Laurahird.com|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
[[Pan Macmillan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panmacmillan.com/author/aliyawhiteley |title=Aliya Whiteley |publisher=Panmacmillan.com |date= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> (UK paperback) April 2009 ISBN 978-0230706798
*''The Beauty'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The beauty|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|year=2018|isbn=9781785655746|edition= First Titan |location=London [England]|oclc=1018306427}}</ref>
*''The Arrival of Missives'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The arrival of missives|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|date=6 November 2018 |isbn=9781785658921|edition= First Titan |location=London|oclc=1023098331}}</ref>
'''Light Reading'''
[[Macmillan New Writing]] (UK hardback)Feb 2008 ISBN 978-0230700628


===Short stories===
'''Three Things About Me'''
*''Witchcraft in the Harem'' (collection, 2013)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Witchcraft in the harem|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|date = April 2013|isbn=9781907133404|location=Batley, England|oclc=1088367509}}</ref>
[[Macmillan New Writing]] (UK hardback) April 2006 ISBN 978-0230001367
*"Sieve" (''[[The Guardian]]'' 2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jun/28/shortshortstories.fiction2|title=Sieve &#124; Books &#124; guardian.co.uk|date=29 January 2013|publisher=Guardian|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
*"Sebastian Bugs" (''[[Word Riot]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wordriot.org/template.php?ID=593|title=Sebastian Bugs by Aliya Whiteley|publisher=Word Riot|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
*"1926 in Brazilian Football" (''Word Riot'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1502|title=1926 in Brazilian Football by Aliya Whiteley|publisher=Word Riot|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
*"Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies" (''[[Strange Horizons]]'')<ref>{{cite web |last=Maria |first=Carmen |title=Strange Horizons Fiction: Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies, by Aliya Whiteley |url=http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/penelope-napolitano-and-the-butterflies/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421081937/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20111205/butterflies-f.shtml |archive-date=21 April 2013 |access-date=11 November 2023 |publisher=Strangehorizons.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tangentonline.com/e-market-weekly-reviewsmenu-264/strange-horizons-reviewsmenu-112/1742-strange-horizons-december-5-2011|title=Strange Horizons, December 5, 2011|date=18 December 2011|publisher=Tangentonline.com|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/Reviews/2011/12/lois-tilton-reviews-short-fiction-late-december-2|title=Locus Online Reviews " Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late December|date=29 December 2011|publisher=Locusmag.com|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
*"Flushed" (''[[3:AM Magazine]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/flushed|title=Flushed " 3:AM Magazine|date=26 June 2009|publisher=3ammagazine.com|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
*"Wingspan" (''[[The Future Fire]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurefire.net/2009.17/fiction/wingspan.html|title=2009.17 fiction wingspan|publisher=The Future Fire|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
*"House of Infinite Diversions" (included in the anthology ''Strange Little Girls'', 2016)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Strange little girls|last1=Bruce|first1=Camilla|last2=Lingborn|first2=Liv|publisher=Belladonna Publishing|year=2016|isbn=9788299954839|location=[United States]|oclc=1066319159}}</ref>
*"Territory Blank" (included in ''Best of British Science Fiction 2018'')<ref>{{Cite book|title=Best of British Science Fiction 2018|last=Scott|first=Donna|publisher=NewCon Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1912950362}}</ref>


===Novellas===
== Awards ==
Whiteley's short story "Green River" was awarded second place in the 2012 [[British Fantasy Society]] Short Story Competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishfantasysociety.co.uk |title=Welcome to |publisher=The British Fantasy Society |date=7 December 2012 |access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> Her novel ''The Loosening Skin'' was nominated for a [[British Fantasy Award]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/british-fantasy-awards-2019/|title=British Fantasy Awards 2019|website=The British Fantasy Society|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>


Whiteley's ''Jelly Park'' won the Drabblecast 2007 People's Choice Award for best short story.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.drabblecast.org/2018/12/16/drabblecast-directors-cut-jelly-park|first=Bo|last=Kaier|title=Drabblecast Director's Cut: Jelly Park|website=The Drabblecast|date=2018-12-16|access-date=2022-09-14}}</ref>
'''Mean Mode Median'''
Bluechrome Publishing November 2004 ISBN 978-1904781394

===Short Stories===

Whiteley's short story collection ''Witchcraft in the Harem'' was published in April 2013 by Manchester-based Dog Horn Publishing.<ref>http://www.doghornpublishing.com/wordpress/news/author-spotlight-aliya-whiteley-2</ref>

Whiteley’s short story ''Green River'' was awarded second place in the 2012 [[British Fantasy Society]]'s Short Story Competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishfantasysociety.co.uk |title=Welcome to |publisher=The British Fantasy Society |date=7 December 2012 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

''Sieve'' was published in [[The Guardian]] in 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/jun/28/shortshortstories.fiction2 |title=Sieve &#124; Books &#124; guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date=29 January 2013 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

''Jelly Park'' won the Drabblecast 2007[[People's Choice Award]] for best short story.

Dozens more have been published in magazines and anthologies worldwide, including:
* '' Sebastian Bugs'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wordriot.org/template.php?ID=593 |title=Sebastian Bugs by Aliya Whiteley |publisher=Word Riot |date= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> and ''1926 in Brazilian Football''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1502 |title=1926 in Brazilian Football by Aliya Whiteley |publisher=Word Riot |date= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> in [[Word Riot]]
* '''Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies''<ref>{{cite web|last=Maria |first=Carmen |url=http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20111205/butterflies-f.shtml |title=Strange Horizons Fiction: Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies, by Aliya Whiteley |publisher=Strangehorizons.com |date= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> in [[Strange Horizons]]
*''Flushed''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/flushed |title=Flushed " 3:AM Magazine |publisher=3ammagazine.com |date=26 June 2009 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> in [[3:AM Magazine]]
*''Wingspan''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurefire.net/2009.17/fiction/wingspan.html |title=2009.17 fiction wingspan |publisher=The Future Fire |date= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> in [[The Future Fire]]

===Poetry===

Whiteley was asked to write a poem for the [[BBC]]'s [[LOLcat]] Art exhibition currently showing at the [[The Framers Gallery]], London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21166326 |title=BBC News – Lolcat art: Gallery hosts exhibition of cat phenomenon |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=24 January 2013 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

==Reviews==

===Light reading===

Review by Susanna Yager in [[The Daily Telegraph]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Fiction Reviews |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3671562/Not-as-elegant-as-Josephine-Tey.html |title=Not as elegant as Josephine Tey |publisher=Telegraph |date=2 March 2008 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

Review by Scott Pack (Me and My Big Mouth and [[The Friday Project]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/scottpack/2010/07/seaside-frolics.html |title=Me and My Big Mouth: Seaside Frolics |publisher=Meandmybigmouth.typepad.com |date=14 July 2010 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

`A weird page turner with a surprising ending' – [[Now Magazine]]

`This dark detective story is full of mystery and intrigue with a truly shocking twist.' – [[My Weekly]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Reading-Aliya-Whiteley/dp/0230706797/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1359113181&sr=8-2 |title=Light Reading: Amazon.co.uk: Aliya Whiteley: Books |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

'After a good many books which seem to be recycling...Aliya Whiteley's Light Reading is refreshingly different.' – [[Sunday Telegraph]]

===Three Things About Me===

Review by [[Laura Hird]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Laura Hird |url=http://www.laurahird.com/newreview/threethingsaboutme.html |title=Aliyah Whiteley's 'Three Things About Me' reviewed on the official website of writer, Laura Hird |publisher=Laurahird.com |date= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

Review by Kirkus<ref>{{cite web|last=Whiteley |first=Aliya |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aliya-whiteley/three-things-about-me |title=THREE THINGS ABOUT ME by Aliya Whiteley &#124; Kirkus |publisher=Kirkusreviews.com |date= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

Review by [[Grumpy Old Bookman]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Allen |first=Michael |url=http://grumpyoldbookman.blogspot.co.uk/2006/05/more-mnw.html |title=Grumpy Old Bookman: More MNW |publisher=Grumpyoldbookman.blogspot.co.uk |date=23 May 2006 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

===Mean Mode Median===

Review by [[Laura Hird]]:<ref>{{cite web|author=Laura Hird |url=http://www.laurahird.com/newreview/meanmodemedian.html |title=Aliyah Whiteley's 'Mean Mode Median' reviewed on the official website of writer, Laura Hird |publisher=Laurahird.com |date= |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

A review of the short story ''Geoffrey Says'' was published in [[The Boston Globe]] as part of the anthology, 'The Adventure of the Missing Detective' (Carroll & Graf 2004)
<ref>{{cite web|last=Ephron |first=Hallie |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2005/12/25/tiger_in_the_chicago_night_smoke_in_the_city/?page=full |title='Tiger' in the Chicago night, 'Smoke' in the city – The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |date=25 December 2005 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>

''Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies'' review in [[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Author: Your Name/Company |url=http://www.locusmag.com/Reviews/2011/12/lois-tilton-reviews-short-fiction-late-december-2 |title=Locus Online Reviews " Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late December |publisher=Locusmag.com |date=29 December 2011 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> and [[Tangent Online]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tangentonline.com/e-market-weekly-reviewsmenu-264/strange-horizons-reviewsmenu-112/1742-strange-horizons-december-5-2011 |title=Strange Horizons, December 5, 2011 |publisher=Tangentonline.com |date=18 December 2011 |accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [[Laura Hird]] [http://www.laurahird.com]
* [[Laura Hird]] [http://www.laurahird.com]
* [[Pan Macmillan]] [http://www.panmacmillan.com/Home]
* [[Pan Macmillan]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130215212908/http://www.panmacmillan.com/Home]
* [[Macmillan New Writing]] http://www.panmacmillan.com/Imprints]
* [[Macmillan New Writing]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130128093536/http://www.panmacmillan.com/Imprints]
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* Aliya Whiteley at the Veggiebox [http://veggiebox.blogspot.nl]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140826180447/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-story-behind-the-beauty-by-aliya-whiteley The story behind The Beauty - Essay by Aliya Whiteley] at Upcoming4.me
* Aliya Whiteley blog [http://aliyawhiteley.wordpress.com]

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* [http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-story-behind-the-beauty-by-aliya-whiteley The story behind The Beauty - Essay by Aliya Whiteley] at [[Upcoming4.me]]


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Aliya Whiteley (born 1974) is a British novelist, short story writer and poet.

Biography

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Aliya Whiteley was born in Barnstaple, North Devon, in 1974 and grew up in the seaside town of Ilfracombe which formed the inspiration for many of her stories and novels. She graduated from Ilfracombe College in 1995, gaining a BA (Hons) degree in theatre, Film and Television Studies from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

In 2011 she was awarded an MSc in Library and Information Management by the University of Northumbria; her dissertation involved conducting a case study into the research techniques of modern novelists. She currently lives in West Sussex.

Works

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Novels

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Novellas

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  • Mean Mode Median (2004)[8][9]
  • The Beauty (2014)[10]
  • The Arrival of Missives (2018)[11]

Short stories

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Awards

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Whiteley's short story "Green River" was awarded second place in the 2012 British Fantasy Society Short Story Competition.[23] Her novel The Loosening Skin was nominated for a British Fantasy Award in 2019.[24]

Whiteley's Jelly Park won the Drabblecast 2007 People's Choice Award for best short story.[25]

References

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  1. ^ Whiteley, Aliya (2006). Three things about me. Basingstoke: Macmillan New Writing. ISBN 9780230001367. OCLC 65203022.
  2. ^ Whiteley, Aliya. "THREE THINGS ABOUT ME by Aliya Whiteley | Kirkus". Kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. ^ Laura Hird. "Aliyah Whiteley's 'Three Things About Me' reviewed on the official website of writer, Laura Hird". Laurahird.com. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  4. ^ Whiteley, Aliya (2008). Light reading. London: Macmillan New Writing. ISBN 9780230700628. OCLC 176820057.
  5. ^ Fiction Reviews (2 March 2008). "Not as elegant as Josephine Tey". Telegraph. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  6. ^ Whiteley, Aliya (October 2018). The loosening skin (First ed.). London. ISBN 978-1907389610. OCLC 1029786086.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Whiteley, Aliya (2019). Skein Island. [S.l.]: Titan Books. ISBN 978-1789091526. OCLC 1085584800.
  8. ^ Whiteley, Aliya (2004). Mean mode median. Portishead: Bluechrome. ISBN 190478139X. OCLC 267097018.
  9. ^ Laura Hird. "Aliyah Whiteley's 'Mean Mode Median' reviewed on the official website of writer, Laura Hird". Laurahird.com. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  10. ^ Whiteley, Aliya (2018). The beauty (First Titan ed.). London [England]. ISBN 9781785655746. OCLC 1018306427.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ Whiteley, Aliya (6 November 2018). The arrival of missives (First Titan ed.). London. ISBN 9781785658921. OCLC 1023098331.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ^ Whiteley, Aliya (April 2013). Witchcraft in the harem. Batley, England. ISBN 9781907133404. OCLC 1088367509.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ "Sieve | Books | guardian.co.uk". Guardian. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  14. ^ "Sebastian Bugs by Aliya Whiteley". Word Riot. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  15. ^ "1926 in Brazilian Football by Aliya Whiteley". Word Riot. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  16. ^ Maria, Carmen. "Strange Horizons Fiction: Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies, by Aliya Whiteley". Strangehorizons.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Strange Horizons, December 5, 2011". Tangentonline.com. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  18. ^ "Locus Online Reviews " Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late December". Locusmag.com. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  19. ^ "Flushed " 3:AM Magazine". 3ammagazine.com. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  20. ^ "2009.17 fiction wingspan". The Future Fire. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  21. ^ Bruce, Camilla; Lingborn, Liv (2016). Strange little girls. [United States]: Belladonna Publishing. ISBN 9788299954839. OCLC 1066319159.
  22. ^ Scott, Donna (2019). Best of British Science Fiction 2018. NewCon Press. ISBN 978-1912950362.
  23. ^ "Welcome to". The British Fantasy Society. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  24. ^ "British Fantasy Awards 2019". The British Fantasy Society. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  25. ^ Kaier, Bo (16 December 2018). "Drabblecast Director's Cut: Jelly Park". The Drabblecast. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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