Zoya Patel
Zoya Patel is an author, editor and strategic communications specialist based in Canberra. Zoya has published two books, No Country Woman (Hachette, 2018) and Once A Stranger (Hachette, 2023), and is currently completing a Master of Fine Arts with New York University. She writes regularly for The Guardian, The Age, and more, and co-hosts the Margin Notes podcast. Zoya was a judge of the 2020 Stella Prize, and Chair of the Stella Prize 2021 Judging Panel. She has a Master of Communications degree, and works with clients across government and the private and not-for-profit sectors to drive communications outcomes.