A Breed of Women

1979 Harper Row, Sydney, re-published MacMillan UK, Penguin New Zealand, Viking US; in print, Vintage NZ

Mandarin Summer

1981 Heinemann New Zealand, MacMillan Australia, Picador Chivers large print UK, out of print

Paddy's Puzzle

1984 Heinemann New Zealand, republished Penguin New Zealand, Chivers Large Print UK; in print Vintage New Zealand;also pub. in US as In the Clear Light, W.W. Norton & Viking US 1986 (short listed New Zealand Book Awards fiction category 1985)

The Book of Secrets

1987 Heinemann New Zealand,(won New Zealand Book Awards 1988), re-published Picador, now Vintage New Zealand , in print

True Stars

1990 Century Hutchinson (now Random House), p/back. Vintage in print

Ricochet Baby

1996 Vintage, in print. (runner-up Montana
New Zealand Book Awards, fiction category 1997)

Songs from the
Violet Café

Vintage 2003

The Captive Wife

Vintage 2005 (written with assistance of Creative NZ grant) Forthcoming French translation Sabine Wespieser Editeur