Novels

A Figure of Speech (1973)

Saturday, the Twelfth of October (1975)

Up in Seth's Room (1979)

Taking Terri Mueller (1981)

When We First Met (1982)

Someone to Love (1983)

Downtown (1984)

Three Sisters (1986)

After the Rain (1987)

Silver (1988)

Babyface (1990)

Out of Control (1993)

Missing Pieces (1994)

When She Was Good (1997)

Girlhearts (2001)

What I Believe (2005)

The Missing Girl (2008)

Novels Co-authored with Harry Mazer

The Solid Gold Kid (1977)

Heartbeat (1988)

Bright Days, Stupid Nights (1992)

Books for Younger Readers

I, Trissy (1971)

Mrs. Fish, Ape, and Me, the Dump Queen (1980)

Supergirl (1984)

A, My Name Is Ami (1986)

B, My Name Is Bunny (1987)

C, My Name Is Cal (1990)

D, My Name Is Danita (1991)

E, My Name Is Emily (1991)

Good Night, Maman (1999)

10 Ways to Make My Sister Disappear (2007)

Edited Poetry and Prose Collections

Waltzing on Water: Poems by Women (1989)

Just a Writer's Thing: A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the National Book Foundation's 1995 Summer Writing Camp (1996)

Short Stories

Dear Bill, Remember Me? and Other Stories (1976)

Summer Girls, Love Boys, and Other Stories (1982)

I, Hungry Hannah Cassandra Glen . . . (1984)

Tuesday of the Other June (1986)

What Happened in the Cemetery (1987)

Cutthroat (1995)

The House on Buffalo Street (1996)

Zelzah: A Tale from Long Ago (1997)

Going Fishing (1998)

Meeting the Mugger (1999)

The Tin Butterfly (2001)

Who Hears the Fish Cry? (2002)

Baby from Outer Space (2005)

Sez You (2005)

How to Survive a Name (2007)

Essays for Educators

Up in Seth's Room: Some Thoughts (1980)

A Conversation with Norma Fox Mazer (1985)

Growing Up with Stories (1985)

When You Write for Young Adults (1986)

Censorship and the Writer (1986)

Why I Write. . . . Why I Write What I Write (1987)

Words from Norma Fox Mazer (1987)

Three Teachers (1988)

Bread, Books, and Passion (1988)

Letters to Me (1990)

Why I Write . . . (1990)

Words on a Ketchup Bottle (1991)

The Ice-Cream Syndrome (aka Promoting Good Reading Habits) (1992)

Thirty Seconds, Eight Drafts, Three Years . . . And Then a Book (1993)

Breathing Life into a Story (1995)

Shhhh! (1997)

Writers and Their Readers (2001)

Books for Children

Has Anyone Seen My Emily Greene? illus. by Christine Davenier (2007)

General Awards

The ALAN Award for Contributions to Young Adult Literature (2003)