Vanessa Proctor (born March 26, 1970, Singapore), poet, editor, teacher, and mentor. Member of the BHS and the HSA; was a founding member of the Australian Haiku Society and its president (2016–2020). Cofounded the Zazen Haiku Group in New Zealand and the Red Dragonflies in Sydney, Australia. Edited the New Zealand anthology A to Zazen (2004) and coedited the second (2006) and fourth Australian haiku anthologies. Published Jacaranda Baby (e-chapbook, 2012), and cowrote Blowing Up Balloons: Baby Poems for Parents (2017). Received commendations in contests, notably the Jack Stamm Haiku Contest. Resides in Sydney, Australia.