Winner of the 2023 Readings Children’s Book Prize for NO WORDS.

Winner of the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for THE JAGUAR.

Winner of the 2023 Educational Publishing Awards (Student Resource) for LAST MAN OUT.

Winner of the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award for CHAI TIME AT CINNAMON GARDENS.

Winner of the 2023 Educational Publishing Awards (Educational Picture Book) for BE CAREFUL, XIAO XIN!

Winner of the 2023 Ned Kelly Award (Best Crime Fiction) for EXILES.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Danger Awards (Nonfiction) for THE WIDOW OF WALCHA.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Danger Awards (Fiction) for EXILES.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award for CHAI TIME AT CINNAMON GARDENS!

Shortlisted for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award for COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW!

Shortlisted for the 2023 Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards (3 – 5 years) for BE CAREFUL, XIAO XIN!

Winner of the 2023 Aurealis Awards Best Children’s Fiction for THE WINTRISH GIRL!

Winner of the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards Children’s Picture Book of the Year for WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY!

Winner of the 2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Award Christina Stead Prize for Fiction for WOMEN I KNOW!

A 2023 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist for WOMEN I KNOW!

Winner of the 2023 Stella Prize for THE JAGUAR!

Shortlisted for the 2023 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year for EXILES!

Shortlisted for the 2023 ABIA Small Publisher’s Children’s Book of the Year for KOORI PRINCESS!

Shortlisted for the 2023 ABIA Small Publisher’s Adult Book of the Year for COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW!

Shortlisted for the 2023 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year for SEEING OTHER PEOPLE!