2012
* Longlisted, Luther: The Calling, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2012
* Finalist, Captured, Ngaio Marsh Award, New Zealand, 2011
* Finalist, Burial, Ngaio Marsh Award,(NZ) 2010
* Shortlisted, Heartland, PEN/Ackerley Prize for literary autobiography 2006
* Long-listed, Always the Sun, Man Booker Prize