Awards
The novel By These Limbs, now Half a Cup of Sand and Sky, was shortlisted for the Pen Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction established by Barbara Kingsolver.
Half a Cup of Sand and Sky was also long-listed for the Bath Novel Award and the Mslexia Novel Competition under the title By These Limbs.
Half a Cup of Sand and Sky was selected as a finalist for the 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
Half a Cup of Sand and Sky was selected as a five-star Readers' Favorite.
The novel The Point Where the Light Breaks came second place and received an honorable mention in the Geneva Literary Prize for Fiction.
"The writing on display here is extremely impressive and professional. Character, place, setting and storyline are all navigated with dexterity, and the subject matter of refugees is topical and important."
—Bernardine Evaristo, 2019 Booker Prize winner for her novel Girl, Woman, Other. She read a 1500-word excerpt from The Point Where the Light Breaks at the 25th GWG Anniversary Celebration
