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Writing for Kids
The Secret of the Jade Bangle
- Short-listed, Global Reading Challenge – Seattle Public Library, 2023
- Joint winner, Eileen McTavish Sykes Award, Manitoba Book Awards 2023
- Short-listed, Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award, Manitoba Book Awards 2023
- Joint winner, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2023, starred selection, Canadian Children’s Book Center (CCBC)
- Short-listed, Panda Book Awards 2023
- Joint winner, New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2022
- Commended, Best Canadian Kids and YA Books, CBC Books 2022
- Commended, Windows and Mirrors List 2022, New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)
- Nominated, The Outstanding Works of Literature Award, BookPal 2022
The Power of the Pearl Earrings
- Joint winner, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2023, starred selection, Canadian Children’s Book Center (CCBC)
The Mystery of the Painted Fan
- Nominated, Silver Birch Express Award – Forest of Reading 2024, Ontario Library Association (OLA)
- Commended, Windows and Mirrors List 2023, New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)
- Joint winner, Best Books for Kids and Teens 2024, Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC)
- Joint winner, Best Transitional Books 2023, School Library Journal (SLJ)
The Journey of the Ancestors’ Gifts
- Commended, FOLD Kids: 2023 Winter Reading List, Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
Writing for Adults
- Sticky Rice Cakes, This Magazine – Nominated for a National Magazine Award (fiction), 2021
- Gates and Goddesses – Shortlisted for the 2020 Constance Rooke CNF Prize
- Incense and Ancestors, Prairie Fire Magazine – Nominated for a National Magazine Award (creative nonfiction), 2019