Farah is working on a science fiction novel for young adults called Tribe of the Snow Leopards and a verse novella about British race-relations called The Long View. She is studying towards a PhD in Creative Writing at Anglia Ruskin University. In 2006 she was one of six candidates from across the UK selected for the Royal Literary Fund Writers’ Pool bursary for emerging writers. She studied English at Goldsmiths’ College and the University of Sussex. Farah (previous surname: Reza) has contributed to Tales of the DeCongested, Vol 1 (Apis Press), New Humanist and Brittle Star, and is a Huffington Post blogger. She works as a teacher and mindfulness-based life coach in Canterbury.