Margaret Mahy Book of the Year in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2015, as well as an IBBY Honour Book in 2016. Heloise spent several weeks on the bestseller list and was longlisted for the 2018 Ockham Book Awards. She has been the recipient of a number of awards and residencies, including the Beatson Fellowship in 2012, the University of Waikato Writer in Residence in 2015 and the D’Arcy Writer’s Grant in 2017. On 7 November 2013, it was announced that Hager had been awarded the 2013 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship. The prize provides for a NZD$75,000 award and the opportunity to take up residency for at least six months in Menton, a port town on the French Riviera and is one of New Zealand's most long-standing and prestigious literary awards. In 2019, Hager also received the Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award, which acknowledges lifetime achievement and a distinguished contribution to New Zealand’s literature for young people. She delivered her lecture, titled “Channelling our greater good", on 31 March 2019. Bibliography Children’s and YA fiction Tom’s Story, illustrated by Ruth Paul (Mallinson Rendel, 1995) Also produced for "Ears" National Radio, 1995; Won an Honour Award in the Picture Book Category of the AIM Children's Book Awards, 1996 Run for the Trees (Steele Roberts, 1999) Endorsed by David Bellamy and Paula Boock (Longacre Press); Shortlisted for "CanRead 2000; 2003. Re-published by Wings Press, USA; Golden Wings Award (Publishers Award) May 2003 Smashed (Random House, 2007) (US Edition, Pyr Books, 2013) Named a 2008 Notable Book by the Children's Literature Charitable Trust; Winner of the Esther Glen Medal in the 2008 LIANZA Children's Book Awards for the most distinguished book written for children/young adults in that year. The Crossing [Blood of the Lamb, book one] (Random House, 2009) Winner of the 2012 NZ Post Children's Book Awards YA Fiction Category Into the Wilderness [Blood of the Lamb, book two] (Random House, 2010) (U.S. Edition Pyr Books, 2014) Resurrection [Blood of the Lamb, book three] (Random House, 2011) (US Edition, Pyr Books, 2014) The Nature of Ash (Random House, 2012) Dear Vincent (Random House NZ, 2013) (Slovenian edition 2015) Singing Home the Whale (Random House NZ, 2014) 2014 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, 2014 Best YA Fiction (NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Persons), IBBY Honour Award, Notable Book Award Ash Arising (Penguin, 2018)