* _Accomplices_ (1978)
* _I Bring the Prize_ (1979)
* _The Rainy Season_ (1981)
* _Time and Tide_ (1983)
* _The Last Sister_ (1986)
* _The Sparrow Grass_ (1990)
* _The Long Marriage_ (1993)
* _The Million-Dollar Mermaid: The Private Life and Times of Annette Kellerman_ (1996)
* _The Wedding Present_ (2000)
Short Story Collections:
* _All-American Cowboy_ (1982)
* _Crazy in Alabama_ (1992)
* _Pigman's Perfect Pig: A Guide to Raising Pigs_ (1998)
Memoir:
* _Almost an Island_ (1999)