Alistair Mackay is a South African writer based in Cape Town. His short stories have been published in New Contrast, The Kalahari Review, Brittle Paper, Kabaka Magazine, and Queer Africa II, which was shortlisted for a Lambda Award in 2018. His non-fiction has appeared in Financial Mail, GQ (South Africa), City Press, and Daily Maverick. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in New York City and an MA in Politics from Edinburgh University.