Select honours

Work for adult readers

• "Wasp", Best Canadian Poetry 2019. (Biblioasis).
• First Place, Poetry, Atlantic Writing Competition
• Gold, National Magazine Award, Service Category
• First Place, Victoria School of Writing Postcard Fiction Contest
• Second Place, Short Story Challenge, NYC Midnight
• Honourable Mention, Novel, Atlantic Writing Competition
• Finalist, Far Horizons Award, The Malahat Review

Work for children and teens

B.C./Yukon Book Prize

• Winner, Genius Jolene, 2021
• Finalist, Nevers, 2020

Finalists

• Governor General's Literary Award in Young People's Literature – Nevers, 2020
• City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize – Union, 2023; Nevers, 2020; Skylark, 2014
• TD Canadian Children's Literature Award – Kunoichi Bunny, 2023
• Chocolate Lily Award – Genius Jolene, 2022; Nevers, 2021; Great Googlini, 2020; Black Gold, 2019; Blackberry Juice, 2018; Seeing Orange, 2013
• Silver Birch Express Award – Genius Jolene, 2021; A Boy Named Queen, 2018
• Rocky Mountain Book Award – Nevers, 2021; A Boy Named Queen, 2018
• Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic – Nevers, 2020
• Hackmatack Children's Choice Award – Nevers, 2020
• Schwartz Children's Book Award – A Boy Named Queen, 2017
• Manitoba Young Readers' Choice – A Boy Named Queen, 2017
• Diamond Willow Award – A Boy Named Queen, 2017

Best-of-year lists

• New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2022, Kunoichi Bunny
• Bank Street College of Education, Best Books 2022, Kunoichi Bunny
• Kirkus, Middle-Grade Books of 2018, The Great Googlini; Middle-Grade Books of 2016, A Boy Named Queen
• The Globe and Mail 100 books that shaped 2019, Helen's Birds
• Air & Space/Smithsonian Best Children's Books of 2019, The Moon is a Silver Pond
• CBC Books, Best Books of 2016, A Boy Named Queen
• Quill and Quire Books of the Year 2016, A Boy Named Queen
• Cooperative Children's Book Center Best of 2016, A Boy Named Queen
• VOYA Top Shelf for Middle School Readers 2013, Double Play
• Bank Street College of Education, Best Books 2011, Slick
  
  

Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Best Books 

• STARRED: Kunoichi Bunny, Genius Jolene, A Boy Named Queen, Double Play, Seeing Orange
• Commended: Not For Sale, Skylark, Windfall, Slick

Junior Library Guild selections

• Helen's Birds
• A Boy Named Queen
• Double Play

Other

• Canadian selection, Silent Books Collection (IBBY), Italy Helen's Birds
• Commended, ALA Rainbow Book List – Genius Jolene
• TD Summer Reading Club, A Boy Named Queen

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Published/produced

• The Secret Office. Early novel. (Orca, 2024)
• Union. Middle-grade novel in verse. (Orca, 2022)
• Flock. Picture book. (Groundwood, 2022)
• Kunoichi Bunny. Picture book. (Orca, 2022)
• I Make Space. Board book. (Orca, 2022) 
• Painted Fences. Picture book. (Heritage House, 2021)
• ​The Sun is a Peach. Board book. (Orca,  May 2020)
• Genius Jolene. Early novel. (Orca, April 2020) ​
• Helen's Birds. Graphic novel.  (Groundwood Books, 2019)
• Nevers. Middle-grade novel. (Orca Book Publishers, 2019)
• Scallywag on the Salish Sea. Early novel. (Heritage House, 2019)
• The Moon is a Silver Pond. Board book. (Orca, 2019)
• The Great Googlini. Early novel. (Orca, 2018)
• ​Prop. Short play. (Theatre Nutshell. 2018)
• Black Gold. Early novel. (Orca Book Publishers 2017)
• Leechtown. Short play. (Theatre Nutshell. 2017)
• A Boy Named Queen. Early novel. (Groundwood Books, 2016)
• Blackberry Juice. Early novel. (Orca, 2016)
• Not For Sale. Early novel. (Orca, 2015)
• Skylark. Young teen. (Orca, 2014)
• Double Play. Young teen. (Lorimer, 2013)
• Seeing Orange. Early novel. (Orca, 2012)
• Windfall. Young teen. (Orca, 2011)
• Slick. Young teen. (Orca, 2010)
• Unless: The Play. With Carol Shields. (CanStage, 2005)
• Sardines.  Postcard fiction. (Greenboathouse, 2001)
• Ultrasound of My Heart. Poetry. (Reference West, 1999)

Coming

• Star Sailors. Non-fiction for young readers. (Orca, 2025)
• The World at Our Feet. Non-fiction for young readers. (Orca, 2026)
• Blanket Comes Back. Picture book. (Orca, 2026)

​Review copies, interviews

• Union, Nevers, Genius Jolene & all Orca books. (Olivia Gutjhar: [email protected])
• Flock, Helen's Birds, ​A Boy Named Queen. (Fred Horlor: [email protected])
• Painted Fences, Scallywag on the Salish Sea. ([email protected])

National Magazine Award (Gold) • BC/Yukon Book Prize Winner • Three Junior Library Guild Gold Standards • Governor General's Literary Award Finalist • TD Canadian Children's Book Award Finalist • City of Victoria Children's Book Prize Three-Time Finalist •  Chocolate Lily Book Award Six-Time Finalist • ​Two Kirkus Books of the Year • Eight-Time Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Best Book • A NYPL Best Book of the Year • An Air/Space Smithsonian Book of the Year ​• 
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