Prizes for The Last Ride

Winner UTS Prize for Best First Novel
NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2005

Longlisted, Miles Franklin Award
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2005

Shortlisted, Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Novel
South-East Asia South Pacific Region, 2005

Shortlisted, South Australian Festival Awards for Literature
Adelaide Writers Week 2005

Runner-up, Davitt Award for Crime Fiction
Sisters in Crime literary awards, 2005

Shortlisted, Christina Stead Award
Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria, 2005

Winner Jim Hamilton Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript
Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria, 2003

HarperCollins Varuna Awards for Manuscript Development
Varuna, the Writers' House & HarperCollins, 2002