- (2007) Girl: A Novel
- (2010) What You Don’t Know About Charlie Outlaw: A Novel
Nonfiction
-(1996) From Oz to Erewhon: Children's Fantasy Novels By British and American Women: 1890-1945
-(1994) Women and Violence in the U.S. Media
-(1989) Sent Away: A History of the National Florence Crittenton Mission,1883-1983