Ellen van Neerven (b. 1990) is a writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction living and working on Turrbal and Yagera land (Brisbane, Australia). They belong to the Mununjali people of the Yugambeh Nation. Their books include Heat and Light (2014), Comfort Food (2016) and Throat (2020), all published by University of Queensland Press. Throat won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, the Multicultural NSW Award and Book of the Year in the 2021 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. Ellen is the editor of Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now (2021).