TDTF Writer-in-Residence Monikka Eliah is an Assyrian writer and performer. She participated in NToP’s Page to Stage program, CuriousWorks Breakthrough Screen Writing Program, Netflix and Co-curious’ On The Brightside Screenwriting Program and STC’s Rough Draft. Her work features in SBS Voices, Runway Journal, Southerly, Kill Your Darlings, The Lifted Brow, Meanjin and The Saturday Paper. She received Southlands Breakthrough Award 2018, Wheeler Centre Playwright Hot Desk Fellowship 2020, Ausco Resilience Grant 2021, Wheeler Center Next Chapter Award 2022, runner up in the SBS Emerging Writers Competition 2022 and Creative Australia grant 2024. She is working on her debut novel.