Awards
2025
Just Press Play (adult novel)
WINNER - EDITOR'S CHOICE
Romance Writers of New Zealand - Great Beginnings Contest
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Just Press Play (adult novel)
THIRD PLACE
League of Romance Writers - The Emily (USA)​
2024
Just Press Play (adult novel)
WINNER
Romance Writers of Australia’s Opal Award
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Blind Valentine (short story)
LONGLIST
Hawkeye Publishing’s Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Prize
Published in the ‘The Look That Said It All’ anthology. ​​
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Treasure Hunting For Beginners (middle-grade novel)
TOP 100
Cheshire Novel Prize (UK)
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Treasure Hunting For Beginners (middle-grade novel)
LONGLIST
Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize
2023
The Left Turn (short story)
LONGLIST
Hawkeye Publishing’s Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Prize
Published in the ‘Detours’ anthology.​​​
Judges' comments
The Opal
Just Press Play
"Love love love the premise of this one – who doesn’t love a tortured celebrity romance?"
"The writing is a great blend of narrative, description, dialogue and interiority and I loved the witty interior dialogue for both characters."
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"I enjoyed reading this contemporary romance and appreciated the skillful character development and lovely flowing, engaging style."
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"Brilliant descriptions and laugh-out-loud moments."
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"I really enjoyed this read – it wove more serious topics and dissatisfaction with their respective situations with bursts of humour…and the secondary characters serve well to build context and strengthen the primary characters."
Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize
Treasure Hunting For Beginners
"Treasure Hunting for Beginners was a great read, and your longlist credit is a significant achievement in what was a strong field. You have allowed a good insight into the characters, especially in the dynamic between Maggie and Martin, and set up great tension that creates intrigue for what’s to come. The writing was great for the genre and included fantastic dialogue. It’s hilarious and charming and in all is a nicely told story."
Cheshire Kids Novel Prize
Treasure Hunting For Beginners
"We loved your voice, and our readers loved the opening and found it exciting. This predicated great conversations in the groups about ‘keeping secrets’, which is great testament to your brilliant characterisation and storytelling."