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Naomi Alderman


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Naomi Alderman is a British author and novelist. Born in in London, she was educated at South Hampstead High School and Lincoln College, Oxford where she read philosophy, politics and economics. She then went on to study creative writing at the University of East Anglia before becoming a novelist.

She was the lead writer for Perplex City at Mind Candy from 2004 through June, 2007. Her father is Geoffrey Alderman, a well-known professor of Anglo-Jewish history.
 

Awards: Women's Prize (2017)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
 
New and upcoming books
September 2026

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The Strangers
 
Novels
   Disobedience (2006)
   The Lessons (2010)
   The Liars' Gospel (2012)
   The Power (2016)
   The Future (2023)
   The Strangers (2026)
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Collections
   Marple (2022) (with others)
   A Cage Went in Search of a Bird (2024) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Naomi Alderman
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A Cage Went in Search of a Bird (2024)
Ten Kafkaesque Stories
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Thirteen Doctors 13 Stories (2019)
(Doctor Who)
edited by
Naomi Alderman
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Beneath The Skin (2018)
Love Letters to the Body by Great Writers

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Awards
2017 Women's Prize For Fiction : The Power
2013 Granta Best of Young British Novelists
2007 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award : Disobedience

Award nominations
2025 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award (nominee) : God's Doorbell
2009 BBC National Short Story Prize (nominee) : Other People's Gods


Naomi Alderman recommends
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Mars One (2026)
Charlotte Robinson
"Charlotte Robinson is a story genius!"
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Welcome to Glorious Tuga (2024)
(Tuga Trilogy, book 1)
Francesca Segal
"Pure joy in book form, a hilarious, inviting holiday for the spirit."
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The Husbands (2024)
Holly Gramazio
"Brilliant, hilarious, surprising."

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