BOOK AWARDS

•  2024 – Winner, Whistler Independent Book Award, The Treasure Box

• 2024 – Finalist, Next Generation Indie Award, The Treasure Box

• 2019 – Kimi Seal Award, and Honorary Mention, Germany. Die Würdigung des Bisons (German translation of Honouring the Buffalo)

• 2017 – Winner, Moonbeam Children’s Award for Pre-Teen Fiction Mystery, Ghosts in the Garden

• 2017- Winner, Human Relations Indie Awards – Pre-Teen,  Convictions

• 2017 – Gold Winner, Moonbeam Children’s Award for Young Adult Fiction- Historical/Cultural, Convictions

• 2017 Nominated, High Plains Book Award in the Women Writer category – YA novel, Convictions

• 2017 Nominated, Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature and for Publication in Education, Convictions

• 2017 Silver Winner, IPPY Canada-West – Best Regional Non-Fiction – Honouring the Buffalo co-authored with Elder and Storyteller, Ray Lavallee, Illustrator Mike Keepness

• 2017 Gold Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Award for Historical Fiction 2017, Convictions

• 2017 Nominated, Foreword Indies Book Award, Convictions

• 2017 Nominated, Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature, Convictions

• 2017 Nominated, Saskatchewan Book Award for Publication in Education, Convictions

• 2017 Nominated, High Plains Award – Women Writers category, Convictions

• 2016 Gold Winner, Moonbeam Award for the YA Fiction – Historical/Cultural, Convictions

• 2016 Gold Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Awards -Children’s Picture Book (6 years and up), Honouring the Buffalo, co-authored with Elder and Storyteller, Ray Lavallee, Illustrator Mike Keepness

• 2016 Nominated, High Plains Book Awards categories: Art & Photography, and Children’s Book,–Honouring the Buffalo, co-authored with Elder and Storyteller, Ray Lavallee and Mike Keepness, artist.

• 2016 – Saskatchewan Book Awards – Nominated for three categories: Children’s Literature, Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing (Ray Lavallee), Aboriginal Peoples’ Publishing Award (publisher). Honouring the Buffalo – co-authored with Elder and Storyteller, Ray Lavallee, Illustrator Mike Keepness

• 2015/16 Our Choice, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Honouring the Buffalo

• 2015 Silver Winner, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards for Environmental Issues, Honouring the Buffalo, co-authored with Elder and Storyteller, Ray Lavallee, Illustrator Mike Keepness

• 2012-13 Nominated Diamond Willow, SYRCA Willow Awards, Ghosts of Government House

• 2011 Nominated, Saskatchewan Book Awards, The Secret of the Stone Circle

• 2005 Nominated, Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature, The Secret of the Stone House

• 2005 Nominated Diamond Willow, Willow Awards (SYRCA), Dinosaur Hideout.

• 2004 Nominated, Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature, Dinosaur Breakout

• 2004 Our Choice, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Dinosaur Breakout

• 2003 Winner, Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature, Dinosaur Hideout

• 2003 Our Choice, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Dinosaur Hideout

• 2004 Nominated Diamond Willow, Willow Awards 2004. Dinosaur Hideout

• 1996 Nominated, Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education, The Secret of Sentinel Rock

• 1996 Winner, 1996 Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature, The Secret of Sentinel Rock

• 1996/7 Our Choice, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, The Secret of Sentinel Rock

• 1996 Nominated, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young, The Secret of Sentinel Rock