Veronika Dapunt

Veronika’s debut novel was a runner-up for the Comedy Women in Print Prize, and her writing has also been shortlisted for the Bath Short Story Award as well as the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. Veronika has always had a love of the darkly comic and the absurd, quite possibly the reason why her first career was in law. In the past, she has worked for the European Union and for a luxury goods business, where she was involved in international fashion shows, the Academy Awards and the James Bond franchise. Veronika has a degree from the University of Oxford and currently lives in London with an opinionated mini-schnauzer called Cosette.

Death and Other Occupational Hazards was recently published in the UK by Transworld, and by Sourcebooks in the US, with praise including:

‘Dapunt’s witty debut weaves together mystery, philosophy, and inventive worldbuilding’ Publishers Weekly

‘Death goes on sabbatical, and all hell breaks out’ Kirkus Reviews

‘Satirical, funny, and packed with wry observations on how humans approach death, and life’ firstCLUE

‘Shades of Terry Pratchett. An entertaining page-turner with plenty of metaphysical fun and games as well as earthly intrigue’ Guardian

'Wickedly irreverent and clever’ Irish Independent

‘Fast paced supernatural comedy … a highly readable slice of awfully British daftness’ SFX Magazine