Dani Garavelli

Dani Garavelli (born August 1967) is a Scottish freelance journalist, columnist and occasional broadcaster based in Glasgow. She is known for feature writing, reportage and opinion journalism, and has been a finalist for the Orwell Prize for Journalism.

Early life Garavelli was born in August 1967 and grew up on the Ayrshire coast as the daughter of an Italian immigrant from Lucca; she has written about her Italian-Scottish heritage in her award-winning essay The Bequest.

Career Garavelli has written features, interviews, reportage, reviews and opinion columns for publications including The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, The Times, The Guardian, The Herald, the London Review of Books, Prospect, The Big Issue and The Glasgow Bell. She is a columnist for The Herald.

Awards and recognition Feature Writer of the Year, Scottish Press Awards (2019), for work in The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday. Inaugural winner of the Nicola Barry Award, established by Women in Journalism Scotland. Inaugural winner of the Anne Brown Essay Prize (2021), for The Bequest, an essay on her Italian-Scottish heritage. Finalist, Orwell Prize for Journalism (2025).

Personal life Garavelli lives in Glasgow.