Lay Maloney is a young storyteller of the Gumbaynggirr and Gunggandji nations and South Sea Islander heritage currently based on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm / Melbourne. They are the recipient for the black&write! Fellowship with the State Library of Queensland for their LGBTQIA+ YA manuscript titled Weaving Us Together. Lay is published in NANGAMAY dream MANA gather DJURALI grow – First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ Poetry collection edited by Alison Whittaker & Steven Lindsay Ross.
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