• 2011:
Nita Kibble Literary Award, winner for "Reading by Moonlight" • 2010: Victorian Premier's Awards, Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, winner for "Reading by Moonlight" • 2010: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, shortlisted for "Reading by Moonlight" • 2007:
Asher Award, winner for
The Wing of Night • 2006:
Nita Kibble Literary Award, winner for
The Wing of Night • 2006:
Miles Franklin Award, shortlisted for
The Wing of Night • 2006:
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize, shortlisted for
The Wing of Night • 2006: Waverley Library Award for Literature, The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize: winner for
The Wing of Night • 2000:
Victorian Premier's Literary Award, shortlisted for ''Poe's Cat'' • 2000:
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize, Shortlisted for "Poe's Cat" • 1990:
T.A.G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript, winner for
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