Awards 🏆

REAL, Fiction for Older Readers (Shortlist: "Spy Academy: The Peak", 2026)
Gutsy Great Novelist, Chapter One Prize (Honorable Mention: “Element 66”, 2026)
KOALA, Fiction for Older Readers (Winner: "200 Minutes of Danger", Honour Book: "300 Minutes of Danger," 2025)
KOALA, Fiction for Years 7-9 (Honour Book: "Liars: Armageddon," 2025)
Page Turner Book Award (Genre Winner, for "The Mistake/Kill Your Brother," 2025)
YABBA, Fiction for Older Readers (Honour Books: “300 Minutes of Danger” and “200 Minutes of Danger,” 2025)
YABBA, Fiction for Years 7-9 (Honour Book: “Liars: Armageddon,” 2025)
Richmond International Film Festival (Quarterfinalist, for "Soda Can," 2025)
Creative World Awards (Finalist, for “Soda Can,” 2025)
Manchester Film Festival Screenplay Competition (Quarterfinalist, for “Soda Can,” 2025)
CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers (Notable, for “If You Tell Anyone, You’re Next,” 2024)
YABBA, Fiction for Older Readers (Shortlist, for “Liars: Armageddon,” 2024)
Writers X Writers (Semifinalist, for “Soda Can,” 2024)
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (Semifinalist, for “Soda Can,” 2024)
HorrOrigins Film Festival (Official Selection, for “Soda Can,” 2024)
Industrial Scripts - The TITAN Awards 2024 (Quarterfinalist, for “Bread,” 2024)
Final Draft - Big Break 2024 (Quarterfinalist, for “Bread,” 2024)
Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards Season 9 (Quarterfinalist, for “Bread,” 2024)
Script2Comic Contest (Semifinalist, for “Bread,” 2024)
Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction (Shortlist, for “Kill Your Brother,” 2022)
YABBA, Fiction for Years 7-9 (Shortlist, for “Liars: Lockdown,” 2021)
KOALA, Fiction for Years 7-9 (Shortlist, for “Liars: The Truth App,” 2021)
IBBY Ena Noel Award (Winner, for “500 Minutes of Danger,” 2020)
ACT Notable Awards Fiction Big Press (Shortlist, for “Hideout,” 2020)
Aurealis Awards, Best Science Fiction Short Story (Shortlist, for “Pork Belly,” 2020)
Better Reading Top 100 (for “Hangman,” 2019)
Dymocks 101 Club (for “Hangman,” 2018)
ACT Book of the Year (Shortlist, for “The Fail Safe,” 2017)
CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers (Notables: “300 Minutes of Danger” and “The Cut Out,” 2016)
Aurealis Awards, Best Children’s Fiction (Shortlist, for “The Cut Out,” 2015)
KOALA, Fiction for Years 7-9 (Shortlist, for “Hit List,” 2014)
Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award (Shortlist, for “Replica,” 2014)
Aurealis Awards, Best Horror Story (Shortlist, for “Rats,” 2012)
ACT Young Australian of the Year (Winner, 2009)
Aurealis Awards, Best Science Fiction Novel (Shortlist, for “Remote Control,” 2007)