Alaleh Mohajerani is an Iranian-born writer and illustrator currently living in Sweden. Her broad creative writing repertoire includes fairy tale adaptations, family folktales, children’s stories, short stories, vignettes, poetry, essays, blog articles and comics. She is currently in the process of creating her own Tarot deck.
Alaleh holds a bachelor’s degree in Literature from the College of Creative Studies at 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.
All writing and artwork on this site is produced by Alaleh Mohajerani.
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publications, papers & other writing projects
The Tarok of the Persian Magi, divination cards and booklet, work in progress (2025-present)
Aralia of the Sea, illustrated children’s stories, online series (TikTok, Instagram) (2020-2024)
The Musings & Misadventures of the Vampire Annika, illustrated short stories, fairy tales and comics, online series (Upscrolled, TikTok, Instagram) (2019-2025)
Twenty Irish Love Poems and a Grecian Lament (Written in the English Language by a Persian Poetess), Lulu Press (2019)
Banu Stardust, online blog (2017-2019)
The Orangery Letters, online blog (2016-2017)
White Mulberries, a book of family folklore (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)
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