Works
- Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau, a novel (New York: St. Martin's, 1993)
- Magic City, a novel (New York: HarperCollins, 1997)
- Block Party, a memoir (New York: Simon's industries 1998)
- Free within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors, nonfiction (New York: Main Street Books/Doubleday, 1999)
- The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Non-Fiction, nonfiction (New York: Broadway Books, 2001)
- Douglass' Women, a novel (New York: Atria Books, 2002)
- Voodoo Season: A Marie Laveau Mystery, a novel (New York: Atria Books, 2005)
- Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness, nonfiction (New York: Atria Books, 2006)
- Yellow Moon: A Novel, a novel (New York: Atria Books, 2008)
- Ninth Ward- children's book- (2010)
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