Books:
Magpies (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2011),
Birth: A Literary Companion (Iowa University Press, 2002),
The Secret Names of Women (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1999),
The Land of Go (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1988)
Anthologies:
A Hell of a Woman (Busted Flush Press, 2007),
One Year to a Writing Life (Marlowe & Company, 2007),
Miami Noir (Akashic Books, 2006),
A Dixie Christmas (Algonquin Books, 2005)
Prizes:
—Gold Medal, General Fiction, Florida Book Awards, for Magpies
—Edgar Award, Mystery Writers of America, Best Mystery Short Story, "Elvis Lives"