Vikki Conley

Vikki Conley is a multi-award-winning author of 14 children’s books and is well known for creating lively literary experiences for young readers at schools, libraries and festivals.

Her picture book Where The Lyrebird Lives won the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, and Amira’s Suitcase and Little Puggle’s Song have received Honour and Notable awards. On The Way To School was shortlisted for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year.

An intrepid traveller and nature lover, Vikki has visited nearly 30 countries exploring the world’s big adventures and tiny treasures as a journalist and photographer, working with diverse communities in Africa, Asia and Australia – including 10 years with the international aid organisation, World Vision.

Her stories connect budding minds to the lives of people and creatures around the globe, inviting children to discover the magic in both the extraordinary and the everyday.

She is available to be booked for school visits, writing workshops and immersive story times during Book Week, as well as other times of the year.

She is also a freelance journalist, writer, photographer and content creator.

Her publishing history includes:

• Where The Lyrebird Lives (WINNER – CBCA Book of the Year: Early childhood, 2023)

• Amira’s Suitcase (Honour Book – CBCA Book of the Year: Early childhood, 2022)

• Little Puggle’s Song (Notable Book – CBCA Book of the Year: Early childhood, 2020)

• On The Way To School (Shortlisted – Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year, 2023)

• The Story House, 2026

• Little Puggle’s Dance, 2025

• Where The River Runs Free, 2025

• Christmas Wonder Down Under, 2023

• Little Puggle’s Christmas, 2023

• Under The Red Shawl, 2023

• Milly & The Mulberry Tree, 2022

• Tomorrow Girl, 2021

• The Lost Moustache, 2020

• Ella & Mrs Gooseberry, 2019