Awards
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Award - Patricia Wrightson Prize
- Winner - 2009 for The Word Spy
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Award - Ethel Turner Prize
- Winner - 2007 for The Red Shoe
- Queensland Premier's Literary Award - Young Adult Book
- Winner - 2006 for The Red Shoe
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Young Adult Book
- Winner - 2006 for Theodora's Gift
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Award - Ethel Turner Prize
- Winner - 2006 for Theodora's Gift
- South Australian Festival Award for Literature
- Winner - 2004 for Abyssinia
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Award - Ethnic Affairs Award
- Winner - 1995 for The First Book of Samuel
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Award - Children's Book
- Winner - 1994 for The White Guinea-Pig
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Children's Book
- Winner - 1994 for The White Guinea-Pig
- Children's Book Council of Australia, Book of the Year
- Winner - 2011 for The Return of the Word Spy
- Children's Book Council of Australia Junior Judges' Project
- Winner - 2009 for The Word Spy
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year
- Honour - 2009 for The Word Spy
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year
- Honour - 2007 for The Red Shoe
- Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award
- Winner - 2009 for The Terrible Plop
- KOALA Children's Choice Picture Book Award
- Winner - 2009 for Rex
- Davitt Award for crime fiction by a female writer
- Highly Commended - 2012 for The Golden Day
- White Ravens International Catalogue
- Listed - 2007 for The Red Shoe
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year
- Honour - 1996 for The First Book of Samuel
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
- Shortlisted - 2004 for Abyssinia
- Queensland Premier's Literary Award
- Shortlisted - 2003 for Abyssinia
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year
- Shortlisted - 2001 for The Game Of The Goose
- Queensland Premier's Literary Award
- Shortlisted - 2001 for The Game Of The Goose
- 3M Talking Book Award - NSW
- Shortlisted - 1996 for The First Book of Samuel
- South Australian Festival Award for Literature
- Shortlisted - 1996 for The First Book of Samuel
- White Ravens international catalogue
- Listed - 1996 for The First Book of Samuel
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year
- Shortlisted - 1995 for The White Guinea-Pig
- Family Therapy Award for Children's Books
- Commended - 1995 for The First Book of Samuel
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year
- Shortlisted - 1994 for The Last Week In December