Natalie Vella is an award-winning Australian writer and audio producer born in Melbourne of Sri Lankan/Maltese parents. She works as a Social Media and Engagement Specialist and is currently working on a short story collection.
Literary competitions
2021, Finalist, My Brother Jack Short Story Competition, Paper Trail
2021, Longlisted for the CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
2020, Winner, Apollo Bay WordFest, The Last Days of Franklin
2019, Finalist, Australian Podcast Awards for Memoria podcast
Publications
2019, Renegade gardeners take fight to councils in race to beat the heat, ABC News
2018, Seven years after, seven years older, Neos Kosmos
2018, Holding onto my father’s precious memories, SBS Life
