Awards
- 1986 Canadian Science Writers' Association Award, for "The Lamanai Enigma"
- 1990 Shortlist, Trillium Book Award, for Time Among the Maya
- 1991 CBC Literary Award, for "Going to the Wall"
- 1992 Nominated, Author of the Year, CBA Libris Award, for Stolen Continents
- 1993 Gordon Montador Award, for Stolen Continents
- 1995 Globe and Mail Editor's Choice, for A Scientific Romance
- 1996 Honorary Doctorate, University of Calgary
- 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction for A Scientific Romance
- 1998 Sunday Times (UK) Book of the Year, for A Scientific Romance
- 2005 Finalist, British Columbia Achievement Foundation Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, for A Short History of Progress
- 2005 Non-Fiction Book of the Year, CBA Libris Award, for A Short History of Progress
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