Aliya Whiteley

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 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.

Reviews

Light reading

Review by Susanna Yager in The Daily Telegraph

Review by Scott Pack (Me and My Big Mouth and The Friday Project)

`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

'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

Review by Kirkus

Review by Grumpy Old Bookman

Mean Mode Median

Review by Laura Hird:

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)

Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies review in Locus and Tangent Online