Awards

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)