Aliyah Knight is an award-winning Black, queer storyteller based on Wangal land, whose works occupy a space where the personal meets political. Their debut play SNAKEFACE premiered at Belvoir Theatre to five stars from the Sydney Morning Herald, and is shortlisted for the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting and the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing at the 2026 NSW Literary Awards. They are a resident artist with Sydney Opera House, Performance Space, and Sydney Theatre Company. Their writing will soon appear in Island and Westerly, and they are currently writing their debut novel.