Veller was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine) in 1948.

He worked as a children's summer camp counselor, a hunter in Taimyr, a shepherd in the Altai Mountains, a logger, a journalist, a teacher, and more - around 30 professions in all.

In Everything about Life Veller repeated Ernest Hemingway's words: "There are people who want to know everything and those who are sick of what they already know.

The end of history is to arrive when post-humanity will assist the release of all energy in the matter, thereby causing a new cycle by the next BIg Bang event.

[3][4] Veller has lectured on modern Russian prose in the universities of Milan, Jerusalem and Copenhagen.