Awards and Achievements
Karin has several times topped the gothic romance, paranormal romance and dark fantasy charts on Amazon. In 2010, she was the recipient of a Whitely Award for Natural History Writing (Best Popular Zoology) for Australian Wildlife: Unique & Unusual, and of another for Best Zoological Conservation for Amazing Facts about Australian Wildlife Conservation.
Her social history books for children, Amazing Facts about Australia's Early Explorers and Amazing Facts about Australia's Early Settlers were listed as notable books by the Children's Book Council of Australia in 2010 and were chosen as titles for the New South Wales Premier's Reading Challenge in 2012. Six more of her social history books have been published by New Holland Publishers Australia in the Young Reed series in 2013 and include: First Settlement, First Australians, Gold Rush, Explorers, Australians at War, and Australian Citizenship.
Her social history books for children, Amazing Facts about Australia's Early Explorers and Amazing Facts about Australia's Early Settlers were listed as notable books by the Children's Book Council of Australia in 2010 and were chosen as titles for the New South Wales Premier's Reading Challenge in 2012. Six more of her social history books have been published by New Holland Publishers Australia in the Young Reed series in 2013 and include: First Settlement, First Australians, Gold Rush, Explorers, Australians at War, and Australian Citizenship.