 His fourth novel, "A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse" (2016)"," was long-listed for the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards novel of the year.His fifth novel published in 2017, "Sodden Downstream," was short-listed for the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards novel of the year with The Spinoff books editor Steve Braunias noting that his inclusion was "a particularly good call.