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Naomi Alderman
Novelist

Naomi Alderman

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Writing The Power and stories for interactive games.

Disobedience · The Power

Born
1974
Birthplace
London

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Naomi Alderman

Naomi Alderman is an English novelist and game writer whose work includes speculative fiction and app-based storytelling.

Early life

Education

Studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford, then creative writing at the University of East Anglia.

Career

  1. 2006

    First novel

    Published Disobedience.

  2. 2012

    Teaching

    Became a professor of creative writing at Bath Spa.

  3. 2017

    Women’s Prize

    Won for The Power.

Selected work

Disobedience

Her debut novel.

The Power

Imagines a reversal of gendered physical power.

Zombies, Run!

Worked as a lead writer on the running app.

Beyond work

Public outlook

Has spoken about feminism and women’s rights as influences on her writing.

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