She is the author of An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms, a widely known introductory book published by MIT Press in 1996. She is also author of Complexity:  A Guided Tour (Oxford University Press, 2009), which won the 2010 Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award, and Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux).
The author has written several books on various topics related to science. Her most notable works include "An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms," published by MIT Press in 1996, and "Complexity:  A Guided Tour" from Oxford University Press in 2009, which won the Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award in 2010. She also authored "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans" published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.