- Pandora - 1972
- The Candy Factory - 1975
- A Casual Affair - 1978
- The Emperor's Virgin - 1980
- Berlin Solstice - 1984
- My Father's House - 1987
- The Book of Strange - 1992
- The Ancestral Suitcase - 1996
- The Rope in the Water: A Pilgrimage to India - 2001
- The Green Labyrinth: Exploring the Mysteries of the Amazon - 2003
CHILDREN'S FICTION: Tom & Francine (1998).EDITOR: A Woman's Place: seventy years in the lives of Canadian Women (1997).
AWARDS:Women's Press Club, l967 and '68.President's Medal, for Canadian journalism, l968Canadian Authors' Association Non-Fiction Book Award, 1987 for My Father's House.Feminist Book Fortnight Selection, U.K., 1987. My Father's HouseAmerican Library Association Booklist Medal,1994, for The Quest for the Fourth Monkey.National Magazine Gold Medal, 1994 , 2004, 2005National Magazine Silver Medal, 1996 & 2002Western Magazine Gold Medal, 2006.Phoenix Women Rising Award, 2007 inaugural, Sexual Abuse Centre, LondonThe Matt Cohen A Writer’s Life Award for lifetime literary achievement