Alex Pheby lives with his wife and two children in Scotland, and teaches at the University of Newcastle. Alex's second novel,
Playthings
, was shortlisted for the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize. His third novel,
Lucia
, was joint winner of the 2019 Republic of Consciousness Prize.
Mordew
, the first book in the Cities of the Weft trilogy, was selected as a Book of the Year by
The Guardian, The I, Tor.com
and
Locus
.
