K. V. Johansen - Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

• 2000 — Early Childhood Literacy Award from the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
• 2004 — Frances E. Russell Award for research in children's literature from the Canadian section of the International Board on Books for Young People.
• 2006 — Lilla Stirling Award, for the novel Torrie and the Pirate-Queen, awarded by the Canadian Authors Association.
• 2006 — Torrie and the Pirate-Queen was a starred selection in the Our Choice Guide to Canada's Best Children's Books from the Canadian Children's Book Centre
• 2007 — Ontario Library Association Best Bets Top Ten List for 2006 for Torrie and the Firebird
• 2007 — Voya's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror 2006 List for Nightwalker
• 2007 — The Cassandra Virus short-listed for the 2007 Book of the Year for Children Award by the Canadian Library Association
• 2007 — Torrie and the Snake-Prince short-listed for the 2008 Silver Birch Award.
• 2008 — Torrie and the Snake-Prince was on the 2007 Year's Best list from Resource Links magazine
• 2008 — Ontario Library Association Best Bets Top Ten List for 2007 for Nightwalker
• 2008 — Nightwalker short-listed for the 2008 Snow Willow Awards
• 2008 — Torrie and the Snake-Prince selected for the 2008/2009 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award short-list
• 2008 — Nightwalker won the 2008 Ann Connor Brimer Award
• 2010 — Warden of Greyrock selected for the 2009 Ontario Library Association Best Bets Top Ten List
• 2010 — Johansen receives the 2010 Anna Frank Award for Children's Literature in Macedonia.
• 2011 — Torrie & the Snake-Prince was chosen by IBBY (the International Board on Books for Young People) for their 2011 selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities
• 2012 — Ontario Library Association Best Bets for 2011 honourable mention for The Black Box
• 2012 — Blackdog short-listed for the 2012 Sunburst Award