Her second book, "The Center of Winter", published in 2005, received excellent reviews, and her second memoir, "Madness: A Bipolar Life", was published in 2008. It was met with immediate praise and hit the New York Times Bestseller list. "Sane: Mental Illness, Addiction, and the 12 Steps", was published in 2010, and "Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power" was published in 2011. Both were finalists for the Books for Better Life Award. Also, within the past several years she has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in both non-fiction and poetry.