Publishing Credits and Awards

Books
Olivia Stone and the Curse of the Changeling - IFWG Publishing Australia (Oct-2024)
Olivia Stone and the Call of the Carnival - IFWG Publishing Australia (Mar-2022) (Aurealis Awards - Best YA 2022 Nominee)
Olivia Stone and the Dread of the Dreamers - IFWG Publishing Australia (Aug-2018)   (Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist)
Olivia Stone and the Trouble With Trixies - IFWG Publishing Australia (2016) (Forevability  Awards 2022 Nominee)
The Adventures of Teddy and Karl - IFWG Publishing Australia (2015) (Illustrator)
Paper Magic - IFWG Publishing Australia (2013) (Wishing Shelf Book Awards Red Ribbon Winner)

Novellas
Shadow of Doubt - Girl and Unicorn Collection  (accepted)

Short Stories
The Clockwork Mouse - Creative Kids Tales Story Collection 2 (2019)
Book Binders - Creative Kids Tales Story Collection (2017)
Dragon Knight - Zoo-thology Anthology (2015)
Found In Space - Lucky Draw Anthology (2015) 
Under the Owl Tree - Charms Anthology (2013)
Always the Children - Narrator Magazine (2011)
The Dancing Suit - Narrator Magazine (2011)
(Both also selected for the 'Best of the Best 2011' Anthology)
(Placed 2nd and 3rd in Narrator Magazine's People's Choice Award)
Marina Mack and the Magic Paper - Charlotte Duncan Award (Short Listed - 2009)
She Wore the Yellow Dress - Writers at the Raglan Anthology (1998) Adult fiction
In My Garden - Writers at the Raglan Anthology (1998)


Poetry
Thunderhead the Giant - Creative Kids Tales Story Collection (2017)
The River - Writers at the Raglan Anthology (1998)
East Light - Writers at the Raglan Anthology (1998)
The True Name of Rapscallion - Writers at the Raglan Anthology (1998)
The Ghosts of Childhood's End - Writers at the Raglan Anthology (1998)
Innocence - Wiradjuri Magazine of Writing (CSU Bathurst)


Illustrations

IFWG Publishing (2019)
  • Book Cover - Archsage by Jesse McMinn (Epic Fantasy)

IFWG Publishing (2018)
  • Book Cover - Olivia Stone and the Dread of the Dreamers by Jeffery E Doherty

IFWG Publishing (2017)
  • Book Cover - The Gate Theory by Kaaron Warren

IFWG Publishing (2017)
  • Book Cover - Trials by Jesse McMinn (Epic Fantasy)

IFWG Publishing (2016)
  • Book Cover - Port Buxacan by Warren Goodwin

IFWG Publishing (2016)
  • Book Cover - Olivia Stone and the Trouble with Trixies

IFWG Publishing (2015)
  • Book Cover and Internal Illustrations - The Adventures of Teddy and Karl
(A collection of bedtime stories by Rolf Svensen)


SQ Mag - May Edition (2015) 
  • Magazine cover illustration

IFWG Publishing (2014)
  • Book Cover - The Pouakai by David Sperry (Science Fiction)

SQ Mag - May Edition (2014)  (Winner of the 2014 Australian Shadow Awards)
  • Magazine cover illustration

Star Quake 1 (2013) IFWG Australia
  • Cover Illustration for Best of Anthology

Charms Anthology (2013) 
  • Cover Illustration

SQ Mag - May Edition (2013) 
  • Magazine cover illustration

IFWG Publishing (2013)
  • Book Cover - Paper Magic by Jeffery E Doherty (Children's)
  • Internal illustrations for Paper Magic

IFWG Publishing (2013)
  • Book Cover - Loria by Jesse McMinn (Epic Fantasy) 

IFWG Publishing (2013)
  • Book Cover - The Buxican Spicerunner by Warren Goodwin (Fantasy)

SQ Mag - May Edition (2012) 
  • Magazine cover illustration

SQ Mag - March Edition (2012)
  • Avoiding the Searchers (cover for serial novella)

(PIO) Pass It On - Writers' Newsletter (2011)
  • Little Red Hen
Literature For Kids On-Line Magazine
  • February 2011 Cover - Love and Friendship
  • March 2011 Cover -  Outdoor Activities
  • April 2011 Cover - Animals
  • May 2011 Cover - Flowers
  • June 2011 Cover -  Summer Fun
  • July 2011 Cover -  Oceans
  • August 2011 Cover - Horses
  • September 2011 Cover - Dreams
  • October 2011 Cover - Costumes
'Polar Boy' by Sandy Fussell (Teacher Resource Pack) Walker Books (2008)
  • Seventeen illustrations for the 'Igloo Trivia Game'
Writers at the Raglan Anthology (1998)
  • Quirk
  • The Ghosts of Childhood's End
  • Grooming
  • Maegan
Infinate Anythings and Lost Left Socks Anthology (1997)
  • Cover Illustration

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Paper Magic 
 by IFWG Publishers - released on 26th October 2013.
 8000 word chapter book/ junior novel.

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Marina wants to be like other kids. She longs to play in the park but she is confined to a wheelchair, shy and suffers panic attacks. Nana visits and gives her a pad of magic paper.  Marina finds the magic inside her to breathe life into the origami figures she creates.  This new-found magic gives her the courage to visit the park she is so desperate to explore. Marina discovers she doesn’t need magic to be worthwhile.



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Olivia Stone and the Trouble With Trixies.
by IFWG Publishers - released 2016.
Junior Novel 

It is hard to stand against the monsters when they don't come out until past your bedtime!


Olivia Stone is eleven years old, a student at St. Giles Old Priory School and a defender of the city against all the nightmarish creatures that slip across the shadow path. Olivia used to be popular, until the accident. Now the other kids think she is strange and Brother Westerman Carver calls her an abomination.

Trouble with Trixies is the first installment of "The Guardians of St. Giles."

All the grotesques (gargoyles) have been taken down from the roof of St. Giles Old Priory School after one fell and injured Olivia. Now there are no guardians left to protect Haven from the creatures who slip across the shadow path. 

Olivia’s injuries have robbed her of her confidence and she has developed a rare disorder that is slowly turning her skin to stone. To make matters worse, she could be going mad.  Olivia has started hearing whispers inside her head. She discovers the whispers are coming from Yip, the smallest living grotesque ever created.

Yip is to blame for the accident that left Olivia crippled, caused the demise of the guardians and allowed a gang of  Trixies to loose havoc in the city. But Yip needs Olivia's help to break him out of his storeroom prison so he can make amends.  

Trixies (Trickster Imps) are usually solitary creatures who resemble small children. They are mostly harmless but something nasty and powerful is forcing the them to work together. Their pranks are becoming more and more deadly. 

Yip annoys Olivia until she agrees to help him. She steals the storeroom key and rescues him. Olivia and Yip soon realise the the trixies are too strong for them to stop alone. The only person they can turn to for help is old Brother Westerman Carver, a ninety-two year old former teacher who believes Olivia is an abomination and that girls should never have been allowed to attend St. Giles School. He reluctantly helps Olivia discover the power of stone within her and tells them the only true way to defeat the trixies is to out-trick them. 

Can Olivia and Yip discover how to out-trick the Trixies.



                                            

When the Night Horse Runs

Complete 170 word picture book text

"When the Night Horse Runs" is a 170 word book that explores the things that frighten children after dark and how Dad, a dream catcher and a night light can chase all the bad things away.


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Ty Tucker and the Dinosaur Dig Discovery -
Complete 565 word picture book text.

Ty discovers his very own dinosaur bone in the garden. A trip to the museum proves him wrong, but discover how Ty turns the bone, a box of dirt and a shaggy paintbrush into the best show-and-tell ever.
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Ty Tucker and the Terrible Two-Headed Toynapper -
Complete 500 word picture book text

Ty sets a trap to discover who is taking his toys. How will he rescue Captain Jack and the other toys from the Terrible Two-headed Toynapper? Ty's solution is ingenious.


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The Adventures of Fenton the Frog -
Complete 618 word picture book text

“Ella has to have an operation and she may not get better.”
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Miss Hines news fills the children's eyes with tears but as her best friend, Sally is first to take Fenton, Ella's toy, home for an adventure.  Sally’s excitement is dashed by Ella’s reaction to the children taking her favourite toy frog home.  Sad and confused, Sally discovers what it means to be a friend through the treasures and memories the girls have collected but she needs Fenton’s help to sort out the misunderstanding and mend her friendship with Ella


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Thunderhead the Giant
Complete 300 rhyming picture book text

Thunderhead the Giant is gathering his army for battle. The Fire and Wind Giants join with the Thunder Drummers and the Blizzard Beasts in a rollicking, terror-filled rhyming-romp. This deliciously dark depiction of a thunderstorm will leave children quivering and peeking out from under their blankets.

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Crispin
66,000 word YA novel - Revising and editing

Maine brings news that the colony faces destruction.  News of the feral Mountain Cats is bad enough without the Wolfram, an older and more deadly enemy, crawling out from the depths of the Black Mountain. The Clan Chiefs don’t believe Maine but put together a mismatched party of cats to investigate.

Feline politics have never been so raw. The tale is darkly humorous, full of intrigue, betrayal and the fights escalate into an epic final battle for survival.


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