Previous Award Winners and Finalists
FICTION
Winner, 2004 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel
Shortlisted, Ottawa-Carleton Book Awards, 1993
Shortlisted, Best First Book, 1992 Commonwealth Book Awards,
Canada and Caribbean region
Canada and Caribbean region
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Shortlisted, Ontario Library Association’s Red Maple Award 2005
Shortlisted, B.C. Teen Readers’ Choice Stellar Book Award 2005-2006
Nominated, Ontario Library Association's Silver Birch Award 2007
Honour Book, 2006 TD Children's Literature Award
Honourable Mention (Juvenile/YA Fiction) IPPY Book Awards 2006
Shortlisted, Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award 2006
Shortlisted, Gov. General's Literary Award for Children's Literature 2005
Shortlisted, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award 2001
Shortlisted, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award 2000
Selected for the American Library Association List of Best Books for Young Adults 2003
Winner of Honour Certificate, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award 2003
Nominated, McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award 2002
Shortlisted, 2002 Canadian Library Association Young Adult Canadian Book Award
German language ed. nominated for the 2005 German Youth Book Award
Shortlisted, Red Cedar Book Awards 1998
Canadian Library Association Notable Book, Best Bets Fiction 1996
Mr. Christie Book Award nominee 1997
Shortlisted, Geoffrey Bilson Prize, Historical Fiction for Young People 1996
Shortlisted, Geoffrey Bilson Prize, Historical Fiction for Young People 1999
Shortlisted, 2005 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Youth Crime Fiction
Winner, 2006 J.I. Segal Award for Best Translation of Book with Jewish Theme
NON-FICTION
Winner, IPPY Book Awards 1999
Winner, Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in Canadian Jewish History 2005 (A Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award)
Finalist, ForeWord Magazine's 2004 Book of the Year Awards,
Travel Essay
Travel Essay
"The Smile on the Face" by Nalo Hopkinson, finalist, 2005 Prix Aurora Awards for Best Short-Form Work in English
Bronze, ForeWord Magazine’s 2005 Book of the Year Awards,
Popular Culture
Popular Culture
Winner (Women's Issues) IPPY Book Awards 2002
Winner, IPPY Book Awards 2000
