Vicky Xu is a writer, journalist, researcher, and comedian.

Previously she was with Australian Broadcasting Corp, the New York Times, and later the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. In 2020, she published report Uyghurs for Sale, a collaboration with the Washington Post.

Xu is currently taking a media and social media break to write her memoir, You’re So Brave, to be published by Allen & Unwin in Australia. She has voluntarily deactivated her Twitter account in an attempt to stay focused on writing.