 Previously a short-story collection, "My Life Among the Apes," was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and his widely praised adult novel, "A Bird's Eye", was shortlisted for the 2013 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.His novel "Valentine's Fall" was nominated for the 2010 Toronto Book Award.Since publishing his first original children's book in 2001, he has published 25 children's titles.