THE INHERITANCE OF SOLOMON FARTHING
- Goldsboro Books August 2019 Book of the Month
THE OTHER MRS WALKER
- Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year (2017)
- DIVA Literary Awards Rising Star, Highly Commended (2017)
- Books Are My Bag Readers Awards Breakthrough Author, shortlisted (2017)
- Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month (March 2017)
- Amazon Rising Star 2016 (2016)
- Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award, nominated (2016)
- iTunes ibook of the month, The Other Mrs Walker (2016)
- Blackwells Edinburgh Scottish Book of the Month (2016)
SHORT FICTION, RESIDENCIES & OTHER
- LiteratureWorks First Page Prize, winner (2013)
- Bristol Short Story Prize, longlisted (2013)
- Adventures in Fiction Spotlight competition, shortlisted (2013)
- Highlands and Islands Short Story Association competition, shortlisted (2012)
- Brownsbank Writers Retreat, residency (2012)
- The Maverick Award, Tom McGrath Trust, winner (2011)
- Cinnamon Press Novel Award, longlisted (2011)
- Curtis Brown Prize for Fiction, winner (2009)
- Sceptre Prize for New Writing, finalist (2009)
- Hawthornden International Writers Retreat, residency (2008)
- Isle of Jura Best of Words 2008, runner-up (2008)
- New Writing Ventures, commended (2007)
- The Daily Telegraph ‘Novel in a Year’, shortlisted (2007)
- Scottish Arts Council, New Writers Bursary (2006)