The ARCHIVISTS
[2023]
Winner of the Grace Paley Prize, this vibrant story collection brings transcendence, wry humor, and a touch of the uncanny to life’s absurdities and catastrophes.
BLUE HOURS
[2019]
A mystery linking Manhattan circa 1991 to northeastern Afghanistan in 2012, this Massachusetts Book Awards “Must Read” tells of a life-changing friendship between two memorable heroines confronting the reverberations—both subtle and extreme—of Western paternalism.
SIGHT READING
{2013}
Winner of the New England Society Book Award, this intimate novel explores how the desire to create something real and true—be it a work of art or one's own life—can lead to deeper personal revelations, including the secrets we keep, even from ourselves.
RUSSIAN WINTER
{2010}
Set in both modern-day Boston and post WWII Moscow, this romantic mystery—winner of the Writers League of Texas Fiction Award—tells the story of Bolshoi Ballerina Nina Revskaya as she becomes a member of Stalin's cultural elite.
CALAMITY & OTHER STORIES
{2005}
Following three pairs of friends over three decades, this moving collection of loosely interrelated tales was short-listed for the Story Prize.