Ariella Van Luyn (she/they) is a lecturer in writing at the University of New England, where she specialises in creative writing pedagogy and practice-led research. She is the Higher Degree Research Coordinator for the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. She lives and works on unceded Gadigal and Dharug lands.

Ariella holds a PhD in creative writing from the Queensland University of Technology. She is the author of a novel, Treading Air, and over ten short stories published Australian and international journals including Overland, Southerly, Voiceworks and The Lifted Brow. She has co-edited two scholarly books, Sharing qualitative research: Showing lived experiences and community narratives with Professor Susan Gair and Innovating Through Place: On Regional Cultures, Economies, and Creativity in Australia and Beyond with Dr Eduardo de la Fuente. She has published extensive research on historical fiction and biofiction, practice-led research methodology, online writing pedagogy, and oral and community narratives. She is experienced in the supervision of higher degree research students and has been invited to examine creative writing theses in Australia and overseas.