Bibliography
* 1978 – ''Hold Fast'' , (nominated: Books in Canada First Novel Award; winner: Governor General's Award, Book-of-the-Year CACL, Ruth Schwartz Award; placed on Hans Christian Honour List) * 1980 – ''Far From Shore'' (winner: Canadian Young Adult Book Award) * 1984 – ''Thirty-Six Exposures'' * 1987 – '' Dear Bruce Springsteen'' * 1989 – '' Blood Red Ochre'' (nominated: Book-of-the-Year CACL, Geoffrey Bilson Award) * 1991 – ''Eating Between the Lines'' (nominated: Ruth Schwartz Award; winner: Book-of-the-Year CACL, Ann Conner-Brimer Award) * 1993 – ''Diana: My Autobiography'' * 1995 – ''No Man's Land'' and 2005 – ''No Man's Land: A Play'' * 1997 – ''Gaffer: A Novel of Newfoundland'' * 1997 – ''The House of Wooden Santas'' , (winner: Mr. Christie Award, Ann Conner-Brimer Award) * 2000 – ''Eh? to Zed: A Canadian Abecedarium'' (nominated: Mr. Christie Award, Ann Conner-Brimer Award, Ruth Schwartz Award) * 2001 – ''As Near to Heaven by Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador'' – (nominated: Pearson Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Award) * 2003 – ''Ann and Seamus'' (nominated: Governor General's Award, Mr. Christie Award, Ruth Schwartz Award and five others; made into a folk opera of the same name) * 2005 – ''Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards'' (winner: Ann Conner-Brimer Award) * 2007 – ''Gros Morne Time Lines'' (with Tara Bryan & Anne Meredith Barry) * 2010 – "New Under the Sun" (book one of NewFoundLand trilogy; nominated: Atlantic Book Award) * 2014 - "Printmaking on the Edge: 40 Years at St. Michael's" * 2016 - "Found Far and Wide" (book two of NewFoundLand trilogy; winner: IPPY silver medal) * 2018 - "One for the Rock" (first Sebastian Synard crime fiction series) * 2019 - "Land Beyond the Sea" (book three of NewFoundLand trilogy; nominated: Atlantic Book Award and INDIE book award) * 2020 - "Two for the Tablelands" (second Sebastian Synard crime fiction series) * 2021 - "Three for Trinity" (third Sebastian Synard crime fiction series)Selected Literary Awards
* 1978 - ''Hold Fast'' - Governor General's Children's Literature Award * 1979 - ''Hold Fast'' - Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year Award * 1979 - ''Hold Fast'' - Ruth Schwartz Award *1980 - ''Hold Fast'' - IBBY Honour List *1980 - ''Far from Shore'' - Young Adult Caucus, Canadian Young Adult Book Award *1990 - ''Blood Red Ochre'' - Geoffery Bilson Award Finalist *1992 - ''Eating Between the Lines'' - Ann Connor Brimer Award *1992 - ''Eating Between the Lines'' - Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award *1997 - ''The House of the Wooden Santas'' - Mr. Christie's Book Award *1998 - ''The House of the Wooden Santas'' - Ann Connor Brimer Award *2001 - ''As Near to Heaven by Sea'' - Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Finalist *2004 - ''Ann and Seamus'' - Geoffery Bilson Award Finalist *2006 - ''Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards'' - Ann Connor Brimer Award *2017 - ''Found Far and Wide'' - Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medalist - Canada East - Best regional fiction *2019 - ''One for the Rock'' - Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medalist - Canada East - Best regional fiction *2020 - ''Land Beyond the Sea'' - Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist, Historical Fiction; Best Atlantic-Published Book Award Finalist; Canada Book Award WinnerReferences
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