Awards

Texas Institute of Letters Best Juvenile Novel

Western Writers of America Spur Award Best Short Story

WWA Spur Award Best Novel

Western Heritage (Wrangler) Awards , National Cowboy Museum, for Short Stories

WWA Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement

Named Outstanding Woman by the Fort Worth Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women

Named one of 100 Women Who Have Left Their Mark on Texas by the Dallas Morning News