About

Veronika’s debut novel Death and Other Occupational Hazards was first published by Penguin Random House in April 2025 to critical acclaim. The Guardian called the book ‘an entertaining page turner […] with shades of Terry Pratchett,’ The Daily Mail chose it as one of their three favourite debuts, praising it as ‘different and compelling,’ and the Irish Independent described the novel as ‘wickedly irreverent and clever.’ Death and Other Occupational Hazards was a runner-up for the Comedy Women in Print Prize, and Veronika’s other writing has been listed 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 worked for the European Union and a luxury goods business, where she was involved in international fashion shows, the Academy Awards and the James Bond franchise. She holds a degree from the University of Oxford and currently lives in London with an opinionated mini-Schnauzer called Cosette.