Carmelo Rafalà comes from a large Sicilian family. He completed his MA in Comparative English Literature at the University of South Africa, followed by an MSC at Central Connecticut State University, and a teaching qualification from the University of Sussex. His fiction has appeared in various anthologies and his novella, The Madness of Pursuit, is published by Guardbridge Books. He is the Science Fiction and Fantasy South Africa 2024 winner for his story The Stars Must Wait. He lives on the south coast of England.