Study and Awards

1990

• 1st place in the Little Swaggie Awards  for “The Floods” from the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition
  
  

1992

• Certificate of Commendation for the play “Virginia Woolf” from the Camalco Making Contact Playwriting Competition from Queensland’s State Theatre Company
  
  

1996

• Graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts
  
  

2001

• Diploma of Professional Children’s Writing from Australian College of Journalism
  
  

2006

• 1st place in the 2006 Stockman’s Statue Written Bush Poetry Competition for “Charlotte Sturt” from the Katherine Country Music MusterMarch 2007: Certificate of Commendation for the Poem “Aussie Pub ABC” from Adelaide Plains Poets Inc Country Pubs & the Bush Poetry Competition
  
  

2007

• Certificate in Short Story Writing from Thomson Education Direct
  
  

2012

• Out of the Box Children’s Festival guest storyteller
• Gold Coast Writers Festival Childrens Programme Workshop at Surfers Paradise State School
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2013

• Queensland Writers Centre How to Create a Picture Book Workshop
• Moreton Bay College Grade 10 Careers Information Night
• 4KQ Special Children’s Christmas Party Performer as Fairy Belle, the book fairy
• USA Best Book Award finalist for Each The Same
• International book award finalist The Pink Pirate
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2014

• Moreton Bay Queenslander of the Year for Contribution to the Arts
• MoretonBay College Grade 10 Careers Informaton Night
• Queensland Writers Centre How to Create a Picture Book Workshop
• Gold Coast Writers Festival Children’s Programme Workshop at Helensvale State School
• International Book Award for Each The Same

2015

• Silver Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Noah Chases the Wind
• International Book Award for Hootie The Cutie
• Gellet Burgess Award for children's literature for Noah Chases the Wind

2016

• Founder of Share Your Story Australia

2017

• My Brother Tom  finalist in the Book Excellence Awards

2018

• CBCA Picture Book of the Year Notables for Glitch
• CBCA Picture Book of the Year Notables List for The World's Worst Pirate
• Founder of The Boss Lady Club
• Winner of the Gold Award for Business Excellence in the AusMumpreneur Awards 2019

• Winner of the Best Startup Business at the Redlands BaR Awards

2013 international book award finalist The Pink Pirate

2013 USA Best Book Award finalist for Each The Same

2014 International Book Award for Each The Same

2015 International Book Award for Hootie The Cutie

2015 Bronze Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Noah Chases the Wind