This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the Nz Post Book Award. It was recognised by the Esther Glen Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 13-16 years.

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Text Publishing .

Bernard Beckett, born in 1967, is a high school teacher based in Wellington, New Zealand. Genesis was written while he was on a Royal Society Fellowship investigating DNA mutations. It won the New Zealand Post Book Award for Young Adults and the Esther Glen Award.