Bronte Heron is a poet and writer from Aotearoa living on Jardwadjali and Djab Wurrung Country in Gariwerd, Australia. Their work has been supported by organisations such as the Fulbright Foundation, the Lois Roth Foundation, the Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poetics, Sundress Academy for the Arts, RM Gallery and Projectspace, and Bundanon Art Museum. They are the author of Nighttime Gardener (Vagabond Press, 2026).