Awards and Honours
Highlights Fiction Award, USA 1998
Highlights Fiction Award, USA, 1999
Sunday Star Times Short Story Award, runner up, 2002
Tom Fitzgibbon Award, 2003
Maurice Gee Prize for Children’s Writing, 2005, The Secret About Knowing Everything. (Manuscript in progress) Victoria University.
Children’s Literature Foundation of NZ Notable Book for 2006, What About Bo?
Scholarship:
Highlights Foundation Scholarship to USA 1997
Massey University Undergraduate Scholarship 2007
Certificate of Achievement awarded by Nelson City Council, 1989
Highlights Fiction Award, USA, 1999
Sunday Star Times Short Story Award, runner up, 2002
Tom Fitzgibbon Award, 2003
Maurice Gee Prize for Children’s Writing, 2005, The Secret About Knowing Everything. (Manuscript in progress) Victoria University.
Children’s Literature Foundation of NZ Notable Book for 2006, What About Bo?
Scholarship:
Highlights Foundation Scholarship to USA 1997
Massey University Undergraduate Scholarship 2007
Certificate of Achievement awarded by Nelson City Council, 1989