Literary Awards

2016 Two Steps on the Water, Special Mention, Adelaide Festival Wakefield Prize

2015 Bound for Eden (under the name Tess LeSue), Shortlisted, RWA's EmeraldPRO Award

2012 End of the Night Girl, Shortlisted, Nita B Kibble Dobbie Award

2012 End of the Night Girl, Shortlisted, Colin Roderick Literary Award
2011 End of the Night Girl, listed in Australian Book Review's Best Books of 2011
2011 End of the Night Girl, The Advertiser's Sensational Debut of 2011
2010 Winner, Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award
2009 Lady Grace (under the name Tess LeSue),Anna Campbell Award
2009 Bound for Eden (under the name Tess LeSue),Runner-up, Romance Writers' of Australia STALI Award
2006 Longlisted, The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
2003 Shortlisted, EJ Brady Short Story Prize

Academic and Teaching Honours and Awards
2012-2015 Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
2012 Title of John Howard Clark Scholar, University of Adelaide
2009 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Student Feedback in Teaching & Learning,
 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Adelaide
2002 John Howard Clark Prize (Honours English/Creative Writing), University of Adelaide
2003-2006 Australian Postgraduate Award
1996-1998 Dean's Merit List, University of South Australia