Vernella Fuller

Vernella Fuller was born in Saint Catherine, Jamaica, in 1956. She is the second eldest of six siblings. Her parents immigrated to England in the early 1960s, and she joined them in 1968. During those early years, Vernella was heavily influenced by her mother, Delceta, and her Grandmother Beatrice, both of whom instilled in her a great love for books, reading, and learning.

Vernella attended secondary school in South London and received an undergraduate degree from University of Sussex; a post-graduate teachers' certificate from Goldsmiths, University of London; and master's and doctorate degrees from the Institute of Education, University College London.

Vernella taught history and sociology in secondary school and at the college level in London for over seventeen years. She was and remains an educator and advocate for learning and literacy. In the 1990s, she began writing stories and authoring books about the lives of people with British-Jamaican heritage.

In 2007, Vernella permanently returned to Jamaica.