He also won The Guardian Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School in 2004.
All three books were shortlisted for the Guardian Award for which The Wheel of Surya was special runner up in 1993.
Tribune stalwart Peter Lahiff was a recipient of a Guardian Award for Diversity in 2003.
The novel was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Award.
Lifeboat Foundation's Guardian Award (2004)
It went on to win several awards and recognitions, including the Guardian Award, and the 2008 James Tiptree, Jr.
Bog Child was longlisted for the 2008 Guardian Award.
The novel won the Guardian Award in 1978 and was commended for the 1977 Carnegie Medal.
Before I Die was listed for the 2007 Guardian Awards and the 2008 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year.
County Executive Andrew J. Spano will soon be the recipient of the second yearly Sound Guardian Award.
