Awards

1991 - Belgium, Boekenleeuw for My Aunt is a Pilot Whale
1991 - Belgium, Prijs Letterkunde van de Vlaamse Provincies - Jeugd- en kinderboek, for My Aunt is a Pilot Whale
1995 - The Netherlands, Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for Falling
1995 - Belgium, Boekenleeuw for Falling
1995 - International, Honour list IBBY for Falling
1995 - Belgium, Gouden Uil voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur for Falling
1995 - The Netherlands, Zilveren Griffel for Falling
1995 - International, Special mention White Ravens for Falling
1996 - Belgium, Prijs Letterkunde van de Vlaamse Provincies - Jeugd- en Kinderboek for Falling
1997 - France, Shortlist Prix du Lecteur of Mans and Sarthe for Falling
1998 - International, Honour list IBBY for The Rose and the Swine
1998 - Belgium, Shortlist for Gouden Uil for The Rose and the Swine
1998 - Belgium, Boekenleeuw for The Rose and the Swine
1998 - The Netherlands, Gouden Zoen for The Rose and the Swine
2000 - Germany, Luchs-Award from Die Zeit for The Rose and the Swine
2000 - Germany, Prijs van Nordrhein-Westfalen for My Aunt is a Pilot Whale, Falling and The Rose and the Swine
2000 - Belgium, Lavki-award for Falling, a 5-yearly award of the city of Hasselt
2001 - Austria, Sonderpreis from the Jury der Jungen Leser for ''The Rose and the Swine'
2002 - The Netherlands, Gouden Zoen for In the Shadow of the Ark
2002 - Belgium, Boekenwelp for In the Shadow of the Ark
2002 - Belgium, Longlist Gouden Uil for In the Shadow of the Ark
2004 - USA, Children's Book Sense Picks for In the Shadow of the Ark
2005 - Belgium, Prijs Letterkunde van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen - Jeugd- en Kinderboek for In the Shadow of the Ark
2005 - International, Longlist International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for In the Shadow of the Ark
2007 - The Netherlands, Longlist LIBRIS-award for Looking into the Sun
2007 - The Netherlands, Shortlist Halewijn-award in Roermond for Looking into the Sun
2008 - The Netherlands, Shorlist Award Woman&Culture for Looking into the Sun.