Ellen van Neerven

Ellen Van Neerven (they/them) is an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh and Dutch heritage. Ellen's first book, Heat and Light , was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the Dobbie Literary Award and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Indigenous Writers' Prize. They are the author of two poetry collections: Comfort Food , which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize; and Throat , which won the Kenneth Slessor Prize, the Multicultural NSW Award...See more

Ellen Van Neerven (they/them) is an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh and Dutch heritage. Ellen's first book, Heat and Light , was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the Dobbie Literary Award and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Indigenous Writers' Prize. They are the author of two poetry collections: Comfort Food , which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize; and Throat , which won the Kenneth Slessor Prize, the Multicultural NSW Award and Book of the Year in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. They live in Brisbane. See less