Rachelle Atalla

Rachelle Atalla is a Scottish-Egyptian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter based in Glasgow who previously worked on a community pharmacist for a decade.

Her short stories have been published widely in literary anthologies, she has written for BBC Radio 4, and she is the recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award and co-edits New Writing Scotland. Her first short film screenplay Trifle was commissioned by the Scottish Film & Talent Network, and most recently Rachelle was selected to participate in the 2021 Young Films Foundation Skye residency programme, developing her first feature length screenplay with BBC Films. Her first novel The Pharmacist was shortlisted for the Scottish Fiction Book of the Year, and is now in development for film with Compact Pictures and the BFI. Thirsty Animals is her second novel.