Nia Morais is an author, poet and playwright from Cardiff, who writes about identity, self-confidence, magic and horror. Nia is the Sherman Theatre’s Writer in Residence, and she has worked with the theatre to write Crafangau/Claws, an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream (in collaboration with Mari Izzard), and Imrie. She also wrote Betty Campbell - A Journey Through Butetown for Mewn Cymeriad/In Character and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru. Nia is the Welsh-language Children’s Laureate 2023-2025 and she also works as a translator. She writes bilingually for children and adults.

Her play, Imrie, was selected to our 2023 Bookshelf.