Her work includes five books: "Falling Through the Earth" (2006), "Angelology" (2010), "Angelopolis" (2012), "The Fortress" (2016), and "The Ancestor" (2020). She is the recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Society of America award, the Dana award in the novel, and the New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year for her first book. In addition to being published in "The New York Times Book Review", she has also been "The Guardian", "The New York Times Magazine" and "Tin House", her writings have been widely anthologized.