Amy Barker's debut novel Omega Park won the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Best Emerging Author, was shortlisted for the 2010 FAW (Fellowship of Australian Writers) Christina Stead Award for fiction and was Winner of the 2012 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Ena Noel Award. Paradise Earth, Amy's second novel, won the 2013 DJ 'Dinny' O'Hearn Memorial Fellowship. Amy has undertaken residencies at the Australian Centre (University of Melbourne), Varuna, The Writers' House, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre and Old Melbourne Gaol.
