Xanthe Gresham Knight is a writer and international performance storyteller with a wide repertoire. Author of 'Goddesses and Heroines' with Thames and Hudson, she has created a variety of shows celebrating the feminine divine including 'Cassandra' for Radio 4 (listen to the BBC podcast here) and The Online Goddess Lounge, funded by The Arts Council of England.

Xanthe has been Storyteller in Residence for Harvard University, The Blanton Museum Texas, Psychologies Magazine, The Chelsea Physic Garden, Stoke and Staffordshire Libraries and 18 Hours Hastings. She worked as a Senior Lecturer in Drama and Storytelling for the University of East London for 17 years. As well as touring and working locally in Seaford, Sussex, Xanthe is Artistic Director of GuestHouse storytellers, Newhaven, East Sussex.

Xanthe's work with the Iranian epic ‘ Shahnameh’ with Arash Moradi has toured internationally and nationally with Adverse Camber Productions thanks to numerous commissions and honorariums from the British Museum and the Smithsonian Institute.