2015 Winner, $5000 National Tuscany Prize for the Novel, Resting Places (pub. date: March 1, 2016)
2011 Winner, Connecticut Book Award for Fiction, Beautiful Assassin
2008 Finalist, Connecticut Book Award for Fiction, Soul Catcher
Historical Novels Review Editor’s Selection, August 2007
Booksense Editor’s Selection, Sept. 2007
Awarded writing fellowship at Eastern Frontier Society, Maine, 2006
Founding Editor of American Fiction (ranked as 13th best fiction market-Writers’ Digest)
2005 Finalist, Connecticut Book Award for Fiction, The Garden of Martyrs
Awarded month-long writing fellowship at Eastern Frontier Society, Maine, 2002
First Prize–Advocate Newspapers 1996 Fiction Award for “Nights”
Nominated-Pushcart Prize-”Heights” (story)
Nominated-National Magazine Award for “Ray’s Shoes” (story)
The Blind Side of the Heart selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club
A Dream of Wolves, starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist
First Prize-1988 Permafrost Award
Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection
New York Times Notable Book Selection 1996
Finalist-Edgar Award 1997
Finalist-New England Booksellers Association Award 1997