She is the author of one critical monograph, two collections of stories, as well as ten novels and numerous essays. Her fiction has been translated into many languages and has received major accolades, including the Nita B. Kibble Literary Award (for Black Mirror in 2003, and for Five Bells in 2012) and the Colin Roderick Award (for A Guide to Berlin in 2016). It has also been frequently shortlisted, notably four times for the Miles Franklin Literary Award (for Sixty Lights in 2005, for Dreams of Speaking in 2007, for Sorry in 2008, and for The Death of Noah Glass in 2019). Her latest novels are Our Shadows (2020), Salonika Burning (2022), and One Another (2024).