Nadia is recognised as one of the finest writers in Australia. Her first book, Five Times Dizzy, was Commended in the 1983 CBC Awards, and received the NSW Premier’s Special Children’s Book Award.
She has since written several novels for teenagers, including Dancing in the Anzac Deli and The House That Was Eureka, both Commended in the CBC Awards in 1985 and 1986 respectively. Whilst dealing with timeless and universal themes, she was also one of the first children’s authors to display an empathy and understanding of the multicultural experience in Australia.
My Place won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers in 1988.
In 1994, Lucy in the Leap Year, published by Omnibus Books, was Honour Book in these same awards.
In 1997, Scholastic Australia released The Greatest Treasure of Charlemagne the King- a picture book account of King Charlemagne learning to read, with bold, rich illustrations by Deborah Klein.
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