Awards
The Age Book of the Year
Of A Boy(Fiction)
Winner in 2003 for Of A Boy(Prize for Writing for Young Adults)
Commonwealth Writers Prize (UK)
Winner in 2003 for Of A Boy(Best Book)
The Miles Franklin Literary Award
Short-listed in 2015 for Golden Boys (Fiction)
Long-listed in 2015 for Golden Boys (Fiction)
Short-listed in 2003 for Of A Boy (Fiction)
Short-listed in 2003 for Of A Boy (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)
Courier Mail Book of the Year
Winner in 2005 for The Silver Donkey (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)
Dublin Literary Award
Nominated in 2004 for Of A Boy (Fiction)
Nominated in 2004 for Of A Boy (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)
Orange Prize for Fiction (UK)
Long-listed in 2003 for Of A Boy (Fiction)
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
Short-listed in 2015 for Golden Boys (Fiction)
Short-listed in 2003 for Of A Boy (Fiction)
Winner in 1996 for Sleeping Dogs (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)
Kathleen Mitchell Award
Winner in 1996 for Sleeping Dogs (Fiction)
Winner in 1996 for Sleeping Dogs (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)
CBC Book of the Year
Notable Book in 2015 for The Wild One (Picture Book)
Short-listed in 2013 for Children of the King (Young Reader)
Notable Book in 2013 for Children of the King (Young Reader)
Winner in 2013 for Children of the King (Young Reader)
Honour Book in 2012 for Come Down, Cat! (Young Reader)
Short-listed in 2012 for Come Down, Cat! (Young Reader)
Notable Book in 2011 for The Boy and the Toy (Picture Book)
Winner in 2005 for The Silver Donkey (Young Reader)
Short-listed in 1999 for All My Dangerous Friends (Older Readers)
Honour in 1996 for Sleeping Dogs (Prize for Writing for Young Adults)
Miscelleneous Award
Short-listed in 1999 for Sleeping Dogs (Young Adult Division)
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Regional)
Short-listed in 2008 for The Ghost's Child (Best Book)
Australian Book Industry Awards
Short-listed in 2015 for Golden Boys (Literary Fiction)
Short-listed in 2013 for Children of the King (Older Children (8-14 years))
Short-listed in 2010 for The Ghost's Child (Older Children (8-14 years))
COOL Award
Winner in 2007 for The Silver Donkey (Fiction for Years 7-9)
Kids Own Aust Literature Award (KOALA)
Short-listed in 2007 for The Silver Donkey (Fiction for Years 7-9)
Aurealis Award
Winner in 2011 for The Boy and the Toy (Best Picture Book)
Short-listed in 2011 for The Boy and the Toy (Picture Book)
NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Short-listed in 2015 for Golden Boys (Christina Stead Prize for Fiction)
Short-listed in 2005 for The Silver Donkey (Patricia Wrightson Awd)
Short-listed in 2003 for Of A Boy (Fiction)
Short-listed in 1996 for Sleeping Dogs (Children's Fiction)
APA Book Design Awards
Winner in 2013 for Children of the King (Best Design Children's Fict)
Short-listed in 2010 for The Ghost's Child (Best Design YA Book)
Internat'l Board on bks for young people
Nominated in 2009 for The Ghost's Child (Honour Book)
Andersen Award (Italy)
Winner in 2010 for The Silver Donkey(Best Book for readers 9-12)
Speech Pathology Australia
Winner in 2012 for Come Down, Cat! (Young Children)
Short-listed in 2012 for Come Down, Cat! (Young Children)
Short-listed in 2011 for The Boy and the Toy (Best Book for Language)
Prime Minister's Literary Award
Short-listed in 2013 for Children of the King (Young Adult Fiction)
Short-listed in 2012 for Come Down, Cat! (Children's Book Award)
Highly commended in 2011 for The Boy and the Toy (Children's Fiction)
Highly commended in 2010 for Butterfly (Fiction)
Melbourne Prize for Literature
Short-listed in 2012 for Children of the King (Best Writing Award)
Davitt Awards
Short-listed in 2013 for Children of the King (Best Children's/Young Adult Book)
IMPAC DUBLIN AWARD
Long-listed in 2004 for Of A Boy (Fiction)
Stella Prize
Long-listed in 2015 for Golden Boys
ALS Gold Medal for Australian Literature
Long-listed in 2015 for Golden Boys