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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 graduated from [[Ilfracombe College]] in 1995, gaining a BA (Hons) degree in Theatre, Film and [[Television Studies]] from the [[University of Wales]], Aberystwyth.
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]].
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==
== Works ==
Novels by Whiteley include ''Three Things About Me'' (2006),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65203022|title=Three things about me|last=Whiteley, Aliya, 1974-|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|date=|publisher=Kirkusreviews.com|accessdate=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|date=|publisher=Laurahird.com|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> ''Light Reading'' (2008),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/176820057|title=Light reading|last=Whiteley, Aliya, 1974-|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|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> and ''The Loosening Skin'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1029786086|title=The loosening skin|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|publisher=|year=|isbn=190738961X|edition=First edition|location=London|pages=|oclc=1029786086}}</ref> She is also the author of novellas ''Mean Mode Median'' (2004)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/267097018|title=Mean mode median|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|date=2004|publisher=Bluechrome|year=|isbn=190478139X|location=Portishead|pages=|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|date=|publisher=Laurahird.com|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> and ''The Beauty'' (2014),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1018306427|title=The beauty|last=Whiteley|first=Aliya|publisher=|year=|isbn=9781785655746|edition=First Titan edition|location=London [England]|pages=|oclc=1018306427}}</ref> and the short story collection ''Witchraft in the Harem'' (2013).<ref>http://www.doghornpublishing.com/wordpress/news/author-spotlight-aliya-whiteley-2</ref> Other short stories by Whiteley include "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|accessdate=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|date=|publisher=Word Riot|accessdate=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|date=|publisher=Word Riot|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> "Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies" ([[Strange Horizons]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20111205/butterflies-f.shtml|title=Strange Horizons Fiction: Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies, by Aliya Whiteley|last=Maria|first=Carmen|date=|publisher=Strangehorizons.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421081937/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20111205/butterflies-f.shtml|archivedate=21 April 2013|deadurl=yes|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> and "Wingspan" ([[The Future Fire]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurefire.net/2009.17/fiction/wingspan.html|title=2009.17 fiction wingspan|date=|publisher=The Future Fire|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>


===Novels===
== Awards ==
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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 |accessdate=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|last=|first=|date=|website=The British Fantasy Society|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>


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Whiteley's ''"''Jelly Park" won the Drabblecast 2007 [[People's Choice Award]] for best short story.
'''Light Reading'''
[[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}}
'''Light Reading'''
[[Macmillan New Writing]] (UK hardback)Feb 2008 {{ISBN|978-0230700628}}

'''Three Things About Me'''
[[Macmillan New Writing]] (UK hardback) April 2006 {{ISBN|978-0230001367}}

===Novellas===
'''The Beauty'''
[[Unsung Stories]] September 2014 {{ISBN|978-1907389252}}

'''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=https://www.theguardian.com/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>

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''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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421081937/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20111205/butterflies-f.shtml |archivedate=21 April 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]]

==Reviews==

===Light reading===

Review by Susanna Yager in [[The Daily Telegraph]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Fiction Reviews |url=https://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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321044708/http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/scottpack/2010/07/seaside-frolics.html |archive-date=21 March 2013 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

`A weird page turner with a surprising ending' – [[Now (UK magazine)|Now Magazine]]

`This dark detective story is full of mystery and intrigue with a truly shocking twist.' – [[My Weekly]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Light Reading: Amazon.co.uk: Aliya Whiteley: Books |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |id= {{ASIN|0230706797|country=uk}} }}</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|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==
==References==

Revision as of 15:13, 23 July 2019

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

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 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

Novels by Whiteley include Three Things About Me (2006),[1][2][3] Light Reading (2008),[4][5] and The Loosening Skin (2019).[6] She is also the author of novellas Mean Mode Median (2004)[7][8] and The Beauty (2014),[9] and the short story collection Witchraft in the Harem (2013).[10] Other short stories by Whiteley include "Sieve" (The Guardian 2004),[11] "Sebastian Bugs" (Word Riot),[12] "1926 in Brazilian Football" (Word Riot),[13] "Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies" (Strange Horizons),[14][15][16] "Flushed" (3:AM Magazine),[17] and "Wingspan" (The Future Fire).[18]

Awards

Whiteley’s short story "Green River" was awarded second place in the 2012 British Fantasy Society Short Story Competition.[19] Her novel The Loosening Skin was nominated for a British Fantasy Award in 2019.[20]

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

References

  1. ^ Whiteley, Aliya, 1974- (2006). Three things about me. Basingstoke: Macmillan New Writing. ISBN 9780230001367. OCLC 65203022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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, 1974- (2008). Light reading. London: Macmillan New Writing. ISBN 9780230700628. OCLC 176820057.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Fiction Reviews (2 March 2008). "Not as elegant as Josephine Tey". Telegraph. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  6. ^ Whiteley, Aliya. The loosening skin (First edition ed.). London. ISBN 190738961X. OCLC 1029786086. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  7. ^ Whiteley, Aliya (2004). Mean mode median. Portishead: Bluechrome. ISBN 190478139X. OCLC 267097018.
  8. ^ Laura Hird. "Aliyah Whiteley's 'Mean Mode Median' reviewed on the official website of writer, Laura Hird". Laurahird.com. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  9. ^ Whiteley, Aliya. The beauty (First Titan edition ed.). London [England]. ISBN 9781785655746. OCLC 1018306427. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  10. ^ http://www.doghornpublishing.com/wordpress/news/author-spotlight-aliya-whiteley-2
  11. ^ "Sieve | Books | guardian.co.uk". Guardian. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Sebastian Bugs by Aliya Whiteley". Word Riot. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  13. ^ "1926 in Brazilian Football by Aliya Whiteley". Word Riot. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  14. ^ Maria, Carmen. "Strange Horizons Fiction: Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies, by Aliya Whiteley". Strangehorizons.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Strange Horizons, December 5, 2011". Tangentonline.com. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  16. ^ "Locus Online Reviews " Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late December". Locusmag.com. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  17. ^ "Flushed " 3:AM Magazine". 3ammagazine.com. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  18. ^ "2009.17 fiction wingspan". The Future Fire. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  19. ^ "Welcome to". The British Fantasy Society. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  20. ^ "British Fantasy Awards 2019". The British Fantasy Society. Retrieved 23 July 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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