Nikki-Lee Taylor
ABOUT
Nikki-Lee Taylor
Nikki Lee Taylor is an Australian author. In 2025, she was awarded the Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Award for Crime Fiction. Her latest title, Wildling Road, also won last year’s Hawkeye Manuscript Development Award. Nikki has written three independent titles, including international bestseller The Secrets We Keep, The Truth We Tell, and The Alibi. Nikki is a former news journalist, coffee addict, and dog trainer, and she competes in canine scent work trials with her dog Saxon. She lives in Newcastle, NSW.
PROGRAM SESSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Manly Writers' Festival acknowledges and thanks the original storytellers on the lands on which our events take place, the Gameraygal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection and culture, and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present, as well as emerging leaders.