Writing Grants and Awards

• "Hidden Voices" - Finalist, The Boston Author’s Club Julia Ward Howe Award, 2010
• "Daughter of Winter" - Highly Recommended, The Boston Author’s Club Julia Ward Howe Award, 2011
• "Daughter of Winter" - Must Read Finalist, The Mass Book Awards, 2011
• "Hidden Voices" has been chosen by the ALA for the Rainbow Project list of 2010.
• "Hidden Voices" has also been nominated for a Cybil Award.
• Individual Artist Fellowship in fiction, NH State Council on the Arts
• Millay Colony of the Arts Fellowship
• Vermont Studio Center writer's grant in poetry
• MA Cultural Council Professional Development Grant
• Children's Books of the Year, Child Study Assn., 1993
• Reading Rainbow selection, 1994, 1997
• NYPL Books for the Teenage, 2000 and 2004
• Boston Author's Club 2004 Julia Ward Howe Award
• Elected to the ALA Amelia Bloomer Project, 2005
• Booksense 76 List for 2003-2004
• Grolier Best Forty Young Adult Books, 2003
• Poets and Writers Directory