Books:
American Boy (Milkweed Editions, 2011),
Sundown, Yellow Moon (Random House, 2007),
Orchard (Random House, 2003),
Laura (Pocket Books, 2000),
White Crosses (Pocket Books, 1997),
Justice (Milkweed Editions, 1995),
Montana 1948 (Milkweed Editions, 1993),
In a Dark Time (Scribner, 1980)
Anthologies:
These United States (Nation Books, 2003),
Off the Beaten Path (North Point Press, 1998),
The Most Wonderful Books (Milkweed Editions, 1997),
Imagining Home (University of Minnesota Press, 1995),
Prairie Volcano (Dakota Press, 1995),
Baseball and the Game of Life (Birch Brook Press, 1990)
Prizes:
Milkweed Fiction Prize, Friends of American Writers Award, Wisconsin Library Association Banta Award (1993, 2003), Wisconsin Arts Board Grant, National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship (1987, 2004), 1993 Critics Choice Award, 1994 Fiction Award from the Mountain and Plains States Booksellers, 1993 Notable Book by the American Library Association in both Adult and Young Adult Fiction categories, MONTANA 1948 named one of top ten novels of 1993 by Bookline, selected as a 2008 Notable Wisconsin Author by the Wisconsin Library Association, High Plains 2007 Emeritus Award.