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 the Fulbright Foundation, the Lois Roth Foundation, the Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poetics, Sundress Academy for the Arts, RM Gallery and Projectspace, and play_station Artist-run Space. Their debut collection of poetry, Nighttime Gardener, is forthcoming with Vagabond Press in September 2026.