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Aliya Whiteley


UK flag (b.1974)

Aliya Whiteley was born in Ilfracombe, North Devon. She currently lives in Cambridgeshire.

Awards: BSFA (2024)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
 
New and upcoming books
February 2026

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The Misheard World
 
Novels
   Mean Mode Median (2004)
   Three Things About Me (2006)
   Light Reading (2008)
   Skein Island (2015)
   The Loosening Skin (2018)
   Greensmith (2020)
   Skyward Inn (2021)
   Three Eight One (2024)
   City of All Seasons (2025) (with Oliver K Langmead)
   The Misheard World (2026)
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Collections
   Witchcraft in the Harem (2013)
   From the Neck Up (2021)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Beauty (2014)
   The Arrival of Missives (2016)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Aliya Whiteley
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Heartwood (2024)
A Mythago Wood Anthology
edited by
Dan Coxon
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Black Static #82/#83 (2024)
(Black Static Magazine)

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Awards
2024 BSFA Award for Best Novel : Three Eight One

Award nominations
2024 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Intrinsic Extrinsic Terrific
2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Skyward Inn
2021 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Skyward Inn
2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Loosening Skin
2019 British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Loosening Skin
2019 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Loosening Skin
2017 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Arrival of Missives
2017 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Arrival of Missives
2017 BSFA Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Arrival of Missives
2016 Otherwise Award (nominee) : The Arrival of Missives
2015 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Beauty


Aliya Whiteley recommends
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A Blood as Bright as the Moon (2025)
Andrea Morstabilini
"A Blood as Bright as the Moon is such a charismatic book, vivid and audacious, and I love its hopeful heart. Every page is alive with awareness of how to use both genre expectations and deep emotional connections to create something quite special."
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Basilisk (2025)
Matt Wixey
"As a puzzle-lover, and admirer of the internet's weirdest intricacies, I found Basilisk incredibly immersive. If Only Connect and The Matrix had a murderous, smiling, dark-web baby, it would be something like this: both ferociously clever and capable of making me think deeply scary thoughts."
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Calypso (2024)
Oliver K Langmead
"Huge in scope and heart, elegant in structure, and filled with an ocean of thoughts about humanity and our future: Calypso is a stunning creation."

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