Here is a list the awards my books have won, and those for which they have been shortlisted and longlisted.
Bungaloo Creek
Notable Book — 2002 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
Red Dirt Diary
Shortlisted for the 2011 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards
Shortlisted for the 2012 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award[KN1]
Red Dirt Diary – Blue About Love
Notable Book — 2013 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
The Girl Who Brought Mischief
Winner of the 2014 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature[BK2] - The Patricia Wrightson Prize[KN3]
Notable Book — 2014 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
Olive of Groves
Shortlisted for the 2016 Indie Book Awards (Children’s)
The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome
Notable Book — 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
Shortlisted for the 2018 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards (8 to 10 Years)
Longlisted for the 2018 ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-13)
The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Provence
Notable Book — 2019 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Lucerne
Shortlisted for the 2020 Davitt Awards (Best Children’s Crime Novel)
Notable Book — 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
We Are Wolves
Winner of the 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize (Children and Young Adult)
Winner of the 2021 Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction
Winner of the 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature: Children’s Literature Award
Winner of the 2022 KOALA Awards (Fiction for Years 7–9)
Shortlisted for the 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
Shortlisted for the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards – Children’s Book Award
Shortlisted for the 2021 Booksellers’ Choice Awards Kids’ Reading Guide Book of the Year
Longlisted for the 2021 ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7–12)
Shortlisted for the 2025 KOALA Award (Years 7-9)
Shortlisted for the 2025 YABBA Award (Years 7-9)
The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Baffling Bully
Notable Book — 2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
Shortlisted for the 2022 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award (8-10 Years)
Shortlisted for the REAL/KOALA Award (Young Readers)
Shortlisted for the 2025 KOALA Award (Young Readers)
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief
Winner of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize (Children and Young Adult)
Winner of the 2022 Indie Book Awards (Children’s)
Winner of the 2022 ABA Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards (Children’s)[BK4] [KN5]
Winner of the 2022 CBCA Sun Project - Shadowers’ Choice Awards (Young Readers)
Winner of the 2025 KOALA Award (Years 7-9)
Honour Book — 2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
Shortlisted for the 2022 ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7–12)
Shortlisted for the 2022 Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction
Shortlisted for the 2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature – The Patricia Wrightson Prize
Shortlisted for the 2023 REAL/KOALA Award (Years 7-9)
Shortlisted for the 2025 YABBA Award (Years 7-9)
Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Woeful Wedding
Notable Book – 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Younger Readers)
Waiting for the Storks
Winner of the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards – Children’s Book Award
Winner of the 2023 Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction
Notable Book – 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Awards (Young Readers)
Shortlisted for the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize (Children and Young Adult)
Shortlisted for the 2023 ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (Aged 7-12)
Shortlisted for the 2023 REAL/KOALA Award (Years 7-9)
Shortlisted for the 2025 KOALA Award (Years 7-9)
Shortlisted for the 2025 YABBA Award (Years 7-9)
The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Disastrous Dog Show
Shortlisted for the 2024 YABBA Award (Fiction for Younger Readers)
Silver Linings
Winner of the 2025 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature[BK6] - The Patricia Wrightson Prize[KN7]
Shortlisted for the 2024 Indie Book Award (Children’s)
Shortlisted for the 2024 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award (8-10 Years)
Longlisted for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize (Children and Young Adult)
The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and The Vicious Vendetta
Shortlisted for the 2025 YABBA Awards (Older Readers)
All the Beautiful Things
Winner of the 2025 Indie Book Awards – Children’s Category
Shortlisted for the 2025 ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (Aged 7-12)
Shortlisted for the 2025 KOALA Award (Years 7-9)
Shortlisted for the 2025 YABBA Award (Years 7-9)