Info on: Omma Velada
Omma Velada grew up in Wales and read languages at Goldsmiths College (London University), followed by an MA in translation at Westminster University. Having precociously completed a (very short!) novel at age 11, she had two poems selected for Poetry on the Underground and won a short-story competition with Off The Wall magazine while at school. She then edited a student magazine at university. Having worked as an air hostess, freelance translator and in research production, she currently lives in Scotland with her partner Ed and writes full-time. Her short stories and poems have been published in various anthologies and magazines. She is a member of the writing group Storyshed, the Editor of Gold Dust magazine, and her first novel, The Mackerby Scandal, was published in August 2004 (UKA Press).
Works featured on The Beat:
- Psycho Yann's Girl [ Issue #3 ]