Alette J Willis

Alette J Willis is a storyteller and winner of the Kelpies Prize for her début novel. She was born in Oxford to Canadian parents, but moved to Canada when she was three. After completing a PhD in human geography at Carleton University in 2008, she and her husband moved to Edinburgh.

Willis is a teacher and research assistant at the University of Edinburgh. She also a professional storyteller, working with the Scottish Storytelling Centre and the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Although she has been writing short stories for many years, her first published novel was How to Make A Golem (And Terrify People), in 2011.