AWARDS
BOOKS
If I Could Fly Nominated, People's Book Prize 2011.
Longlisted, Waterstone's Book award 2011.
Nominated, Brilliant Book Award 2012
Nominated, Redbridge Children's Book Award 2012
Last Kiss of the Butterfly
Longlisted, Southern Schools' Book award 2009.
Deeper Than Blue Winner, 1066 Schools' Book Award 2008. Shortlisted, Bolton Children's Book Award 2008
Shortlisted, Spellbinding Award, Cumbria, 2008.
Longlisted, Branford Boase Award for a first novel for children, 2008.
TV
Nominated, Comedy Writer of the Year, Television Arts Performance Showcase, BAFTA, 2001, for pilot sitcom 'Decapitating Cupid' (Directed by Blake Bedford, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith).
Shortlisted, Carlton New Voices, 2000, for 30 minute comedy 'Kishkas from Heaven'.
Shortlisted, Channel 4 Shorts, for 'Christmas Wish' (producer Paul Madden, Screen First).
PLAYS
Winner, Comedy Award, Arundel Festival, for 'The Gumball Gargoyle' 2003.
Nominated, new musical 'Johnny Minor's Magic Secret,' Vivian Ellis Awards, London Palladium, 1999.