about

Alaleh Mohajerani is an Iranian-born writer and illustrator currently living in Sweden. Her broad range of creative writing experience includes folk and fairy tale adaptations, original children’s stories, short stories, novels, vignettes, poetry, comics, blogs, essays and articles. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Literature from the University of California at Santa Barbara, with an emphasis in the literary traditions of West Asia and Greece, and a master’s degree in The Teaching and Practice of Creative Writing from Cardiff University. Some of her recent work is currently available on Substack.

publications, papers & other writing projects

The Tarok of the Persian Magi: divination cards and booklet, work in progress

Aralia the Witch: illustrated children’s stories, handbook, published as an online series (UpScrolled, TikTok, Instagram), (2020-present)

The Musings & Misadventures of the Vampire Annika: illustrated short stories, folktales, fairy tales, and comics, published as an online series (UpScrolled, TikTok Instagram), (2019-present)

Twenty Irish Love Poems and a Grecian Lament (Written in the English Language by a Persian Poetess), Lulu (2019)

Banu Stardust, online blog, (2017-2018)

The Orangery Letters, online blog, (2016-2017)

White Mulberries, a novel, (2007-2015)

Black Waves in Cardiff Bay, Cinnamon Press, Cardiff, United Kingdom, (2008)

White Mulberries and Other Short Stories, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, (2008)

Teaching the Dance, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, (2008)

The Imagination in Diaspora, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, (2008)