Short Fiction
“A Ribbon for Rosie,” Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II, Grand Prize/Short Story Competition, 1998
“The Quality of Wetness,” Writers of the Future, Second Prize/Third Quarter, 1999
“Shadows, In the Dark,” Star Trek: Strange New Worlds IV, Second Prize/Short Story Competition, 2000
Third Prize/SEAK Medical Fiction Writing Competition 2003
Novels
Draw the Dark
–2010 VOYA Perfect Ten
–2011 Westchester Fiction Award
–2011 Bank Street College Best Book
Ashes
–2011 VOYA Perfect Ten
–2011 PA School Library Association YA Top 40 Title
–2012 YALSA Top Ten Teen Nominee
–2012 YALSA Best Fiction List Nominee
–2012 Flamingnet Top Choice Award Winner
–2012 Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Book by a Wisconsin Author
–2012-2013 South Dakota Young Adult Reading Program Book Away Master List Title
–2013 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers Finalist
–2013 TAYSHAS High School Reading List
–2013-2014 Gateway Award Final Nominee
–2013 Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee
–2014 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee
–2014 Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award Nominee
Drowning Instinct
–2012 Flamingnet Top Choice Award Winner
The Sin-Eater’s Confession
–2013 Kirkus Best Teen Book
–2014 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
–2014 Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Book by a Wisconsin Author
–Gold Medal, 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction
White Space
–2015 Long-listed for Bram Stoker Award, Best Young Adult Novel