Vickie L Gardner

Vickie L. Gardner is an award-winning author and a full-time proposal manager, residing in Littleton, Colorado, with her husband and two cats. She has two children and four grandchildren.

Vickie is living her lifelong dream of being a published author of children’s books. She is the author of the adventurous story “The Ghost of Morgan Gulch,” a middle-grade novel set in the Rocky Mountains, a story based on a true-life family property, her two eldest grandchildren, and a family ghost. Vickie has also penned a delightful children’s bilingual series, “The Adventures of Darby,” published in English and Spanish, about a wee m’ite who experiences unexpected adventures near his small village of Dollberry Hollow.

She enjoys music, photography, making jewelry, and especially spending time with her family. While she is enjoying another favorite hobby, traveling, she is always on the lookout for new ideas for her next story.

Vickie is a three-time award winner in the Hindi’s Libraries' 2022 and 2024 Females of Fiction Literacy contest for her middle-grade novel “The Ghost of Morgan Gulch." She also received the 2023 “Editor’s Choice – Award of Excellence” by London’s Reader’s House Magazine for her January 2024 interview. She is featured on the cover of their April 2024 issue, followed by a more in-depth interview about her writing experiences. She received an Honorable Mention for her short story “Love on the Wild Frontier,” and won second place in a Sportman’s News contest for her short story “A Hunter’s Dream.”

Through her stories, Vickie hopes to inspire resilience and self-belief, offering young readers a guiding light through life’s trials.

You can connect with Vickie on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and BlueSky. For more information about Vickie and her books, you can find her website under the name vickielgardner.