Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), Blonde (2000), and short story collections, The Wheel of Love (1970) and Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories (2014) were each finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.
Romanele sale Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), Blonde (2000) și colecțiile de povestiri The Wheel of Love and Other Stories (1970) și Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories (2014) au fost nominalizate fiecare la Premiul Pulitzer.