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.