Prizes and Awards
- 1990 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Overall Winner, Best First Book) for Shape-Shifter
- 1990 Guardian Fiction Prize for Shape-Shifter
- 1991 PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award for Shape-Shifter
- 1997 Whitbread First Novel Award for The Ventriloquist's Tale
- 1998 Orange Prize for Fiction (shortlist) for The Ventriloquist's Tale
- 1998 Guyana Prize for Literature for The Ventriloquist's Tale
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