She premiered TSR's Ravenloft line of novels in 1991 with her first novel - Vampire of the Mists. She followed up with Dance of the Dead and The Enemy Within. Golden has written at least seven Voyager novels including the popular Dark Matters trilogy, the Homecoming duology, and the Spirit Walk duology.

Golden is also the author of two original fantasy novels from Ace Books, King's Man & Thief and Instrument of Fate, which made the 1996 Nebula Preliminary Ballot.

Among her work in the gaming fantasy novels, she wrote Lord of the Clans 2001, and Rise of the Horde (December 2006). She is also writing a trilogy of novels titled StarCraft: the Dark Templar Saga for Blizzard Entertainment and Simon and Schuster Pocketbooks. She also wrote a new book for Blizzard Entertainment, Rise of the Lich King which was released April 21 2009.

Under the name Jadrien Bell she wrote fantasy thrillers entitled A.D. 999 which won her the Colorado Author's League Top Hand Award for Best Genre Novel in 1999.

She is currently halfway through her Final Dance series; the first book in the series On Fire's Wings follows the discovery of the first of five dancers, Kevla the flame dancer. The second book In Stone's Clasp records both the flame dancer, Kevla and the stone dancer, the element of earth, Jareth.

The next book in the series is finished and was published in October 2007 in ebook format only. The book Under Sea's Shadow focuses on the Sea dancer.The last two books, At Wind's Tempest and Through Soul's Desire would complete the series.

Golden will be writing for the upcoming Fate of the Jedi series of Star Wars novels.

Novels:

• Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book Five: Allies, Del Rey Books, May 2010
• Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book Two: Omen, Del Rey Books, June 2009
• StarCraft: The Dark Templar Series, Book 3: Twilight, Pocket Books, June 2009
• World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, Pocket Books, April 2009
• Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal (with Aaron Rosenberg), Pocket Books, July 2008
• StarCraft: The Dark Templar Series, Book 2: Shadow Hunters, Pocket Boots, November 2007
• The Final Dance, Book 3: Under Sea's Shadow, LUNA Books, October 2007 (E-book only)
• StarCraft: The Dark Templar Series, Book 1: Firstborn, Pocket Books, May 2007
• Warcraft: Rise of the Horde, Pocket Books, December 2007
• The Ravenloft Covenant: Vampire of the Mists (rerelease), Wizards of the Coast, September 2006
• Star Trek Voyager: Spirit Walk Book 2: Enemy of my Enemy, Pocket Books, December 2003
• Star Trek Voyager: Spirit Walk, Book 1: Old Wounds, Pocket Books, November 2003
• The Final Dance, Book 1: On Fire's Wings, LUNA books, July 2003
• Star Trek Voyager: The Farther Shore, Pocket Books, July 2003
• Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming, Pocket Books, June 2003
• Star Trek: The Last Roundup, Pocket Books, July 2002
• Star Trek Voyager: No Man's Land, Pocket Books, 2001
• Gateways: What Lay Beyond, Pocket Books, 2001
• Warcraft: Lord of the Clans, Pocket Books, 2001)
• Star Trek Voyager: Endgame, with Diane Carey, Pocket Books 2001
• Star Trek Voyager: The Dark Matters Trilogy, Book 3: Shadow of Heaven, Pocket Books, 2000
• Star Trek Voyager: The Dark Matters Trilogy, Book 2: Ghost Dance, Pocket Books, 2000
• Star Trek Voyager: The Dark Matters Trilogy, Book 1: Cloak And Dagger Pocket Books, 2000
• A.D. 999, Ace Books, December 1999, as Jadrien Bell
• Star Trek The Next Generation: The First Virtue, with Michael Jan Friedman, Pocket Books August 1999
• Invasion America: On The Run, Roc, November 1998
• Star Trek Voyager: Seven of Nine, Pocket Books, September 1998
• Invasion America, Roc, February 1998
• Star Trek Voyager: Marooned, Pocket Books, December 1997
• King's Man & Thief, Ace Books, May 1997
• Instrument of Fate, Ace Books, April 1996
• Star Trek Voyager: The Murdered Sun, Pocket Books, February 1996
• The Enemy Within, TSR's Ravenloft series, March 1994
• Dance of the Dead, TSR's Ravenloft series, July 1992
• Vampire of the Mists, TSR's Ravenloft series, September 1991

Short stories and essays:

• "Where's the Religion in Willow's Wicca?", BenBella Books, 2003
• "The Sun Child," Angel: The Longest Night, Simon & Schuster, 2002
• "Hard Crash," Star Trek S.C.E.: Have Tech, Will Travel, Pocket Books, 2001
• "The White Doe," Tales of the Slayer, Simon & Schuster, 1999
• "A Light in the Sky," Whitley Strieber's Aliens: An HWA Anthology, Pocket Books, December 1998
• "A Night at Sandrine's," Amazing Stories, December 1998
• "The Ultimate Weapon, Tales from Tethedril, Del Rey, September 1998
• "The Remaking of Millie McCoy," Urban Nightmares, Baen Books, November 1997
• "Though Hell Should Bar the Way," with A.C. Crispin, Highwaymen: Robbers and Rogues, DAW Books, Inc., June 1997
• "The Play's the Thing," Miskatonic, DAW Books, Inc., November 1996
• "Stag Party," OtherWere, Ace Books, September 1996
• "Summer Storms," Lammas Night, Baen Books, February, 1996
• "The Quiet Place," Realms of Magic, TSR, December 1995
• "Breathtaking Music," Blood Muse, Donald I. Fine, December 1995
• "One Good Bite," 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, Barnes & Noble, August 1995
• "Witch Hunt" and "The Angel," 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Barnes & Noble, July 1995
• "Blood Sport," Realms of Infamy, TSR, December 1994
• "One Last Drink," Realms of Valor, TSR, February 1993