Debra Dank is an Australian writer who won an unprecedented four prizes at the 2023 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.

Dank is a Gudanji woman who completed a Master of Education[1] and graduated with a PhD in narrative theory and semiotics at Deakin University in 2021.

[3][4] She was encouraged by her supervisor to shape the book without chapters to allow what she described as "nonlinear storying as it exists in my community".

[7] Dank's book was included on the 2022 Prime Minister's Summer Reading List, compiled by the Grattan Institute.

[12] An extract from We Come With This Place was included in a 2023 NSW Higher School Certificate examination.