Short Stories—Magazines

  • “Ghost Story” One Teen Story
  • “How to Tell A Story” Zoetrope: All Story
  • “My Mother’s First Lover” The Atlantic
  • “The Healthy Heart” Five Chapters
  • “How to Survive a Funeral” San Diego Union Tribune
  • “Ghost Story” One Story 
  • “Fortune” Shenandoah
  • “Museum” New England Review 
  • “Anima” Book Magazine
  • “Seduce Me” Seventeen
  • “Are You Alone Tonight?” Jaberwock Review
  • “How to Find Love” Glimmer Train Stories
  • “Black Humor” Seventeen
  • “Tapenade” The Sun
  • “Farmer Girls” Bridges 
  • “Lox” Chicago Review
  • “World History” American Fiction
  • “Hospital Food” Seventeen
  • “Pumpernickel” Witness
  • “Love At Work” Chat
  • “Shanah Tovah” broadcast on National Public Radio’s The Sound of Writing

Short Stories—Anthologies

  • “How to Find Love” Mother Knows: 24 Tales of Motherhood New York: Simon & Schuster
  • “How to Tell A Story” Zoetrope II New York: Harcourt
  • “How to Tell A Story” New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best
  • “My Mother’s First Lover” Best New American Voices
  • “World History” American Fiction, 9th Edition
  • “Alibi” Who Done It? New York: Simon & Schuster

Prizes & Honors

  • A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
  • A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
  • A Bank Street Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
  • A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
  • American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults for Kissing in America
  • Amelia Bloomer Project List of Recommended Feminist Literature for Kissing in America
  • An Oprah Summer Reading List Selection for Kissing in America
  • A Spirit of Texas Selection for Kissing in America
  • A TAYSHAS High School Reading List Selection for Kissing in America
  • A Junior Library Guild Selection for Kissing in America
  • An Amazon Best Book of the Month for Kissing in America
  • An Amazon Best Young Adult Summer Read for Kissing in America
  • Lila Wallace Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony
  • Teddy Book Award for Best Novel for Cures for Heartbreak
  • Booklist Best Books of 2007 for Cures for Heartbreak
  • Kirkus Best Books of 2007 for Cures for Heartbreak
  • Association of Jewish Libraries Notable Book for Cures for Heartbreak
  • Booksense Pick for Cures for Heartbreak
  • ALA Quick Pick for Missing Persons
  • Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor for Missing Persons
  • Grand Prize, Zoetrope Fiction Contest for “How to Tell A Story”
  • First prize, The Atlantic Monthly Fiction Contest for “My Mother’s First Lover”
  • First prize, American Fiction for “World History”
  • Third Prize, Glimmer Train Stories Short Story Award for New Writers
  • PEN/Syndicated Fiction Project Award for “Shanah Tovah”