Vikki Wakefield writes fiction for young adults and adults. Her books explore family, class and relationships in a contemporary setting. Her novels All I Ever Wanted, Friday Brown, Inbetween Days and Ballad for a Mad Girl have been shortlisted for numerous awards. This Is How We Change the Ending won Book of the Year: Older Readers, Children’s Book Council Awards, 2020. After You Were Gone, a psychological thriller, is her first novel for adults. She is working on her second one.
All I Ever Wanted
Winner, Adelaide Festival Award for Literature, 2012
Shortlisted, Victorian Premier’s Book Awards, 2012
Shortlisted, Queensland Literary Awards, 2012
Shortlisted, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize, 2012
Shortlisted, Gold Inky Award, 2011
Longlisted, CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers, 2012
Friday Brown (Friday Never Leaving, US)
Winner, Adelaide Festival Award for Literature, Young Adult Fiction, 2014
CBCA Book of the Year, Honour Book: Older Readers, 2014
Longlisted, Gold Inky Award, 2013
Shortlisted, Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, 2013
Shortlisted, WA Premier’s Book Awards, 2012
Shortlisted, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, 2014
Shortlisted, Queensland Literary Awards, 2013
Inbetween Days
CBCA Book of the Year, Honour Book: Older Readers, 2016
Golden Kite Award (US) Honour Book, 2017
Highly Commended, Barbara Jefferis Award, 2016
Shortlisted, Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction, 2016
Longlisted, Gold Inky Award, 2016
Ballad for a Mad Girl
Winner, Sisters in Crime’s 18th Davitt Awards: Young Adult Novel, 2018
Shortlisted, CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2018
Shortlisted, Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, Young Adult Fiction, 2018
Shortlisted, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize, 2018
Longlisted, Gold Inky Award, 2018
Shortlisted, Sisters in Crime’s 18th Davitt Awards: Debut, 2018
This Is How We Change the Ending
Winner, Book of the Year: Older Readers, Children’s Book Council Awards, 2020
Shortlisted, Young Adult Literature, Prime Minister’s Literary Award, 2020
Shortlisted, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, 2020
Shortlisted, Writing for Young Adults, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, 2020
Shortlisted, Best Designed Young Adult Cover, Australian Book Design Awards, 2020
Shortlisted, Griffith University Young Adult Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards, 2020
Shortlisted, Young Adult Fiction, Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, 2021
Longlisted, The Stella Prize, 2020
Longlisted, Booktopia Favourite Australian Book, 2020
Longlisted, Young Adult, Indie Book Awards, 2020
Longlisted, Book of the Year for Older Children, Australian Book Industry Awards, 2020
Longlisted, Young Adult, Indie Book Awards, Leading Edge, 2020
Commended, IBBY Honour List, Switzerland, 2022