Winner of the 2023 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship for her manuscript REASONS TO LEAVE.

Winner of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Award (Fiction) for COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW.

Winner of the 2023 Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award (8 to 10 years) for EVIE AND RHINO.

Winners of the 2023 Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award (3 to 5 years) for COME OVER TO MY HOUSE.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Dymocks Book of the Year Award for AT THE FOOT OF THE CHERRY TREE.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Walkley Book Award for CROSSING THE LINE.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (Poetry) for THE JAGUAR.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (Fiction) for COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW.

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!