Awards
Blackbird (Work in progress)
2016 May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust Creative Time Fellowship
2016 Adelaide Festival Awards Max Fatchen Fellowship
The Beginner’s Guide to Revenge
2013 Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Book
2013 Australian Children’s Peace Literature Award 2013 (Older Readers) short-list
2013 Prime Minister’s Prize for Children’s Fiction short-list
2013 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards 2013 (Upper Primary category)
Don’t Breathe a Word
2011 Swiss Prix Chronos (for a book promoting positive inter-generational relationships)
2010 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards Notable Book
Lucy the Good
2009 Speech Pathology Australia Children’s Book of the Year short-list
SA, NSW and Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge selection
Lucy the Lie Detector
SA and NSW Premiers’ Reading Challenge selection
The Worry Tree
Winner 2007 Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature
A 2009 Bank Street – Best Children’s Book of the Year (USA)
2008 Junior Library Guild Selection
2007 National Children’s Peace Literature Award short-list
2008 SA Festival Award for Children’s Literature short-list
2008 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards short-list
Long-listed:
2011 UK Literacy Association Children’s Book Awards
2010 Children’s Book Council of Australia notable book
Short-listed: 2010 Speech Pathology Australia Children’s Book of the Year
SA, NSW and Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge selection.