Biography
- 1988 A Glorious Fame,(Bloomsbury). Biography of Margaret Cavendish
- 1990 Learning not to be First, (Windrush ,OUP, 1991, Goldmann (Germany) 1996), Biography of Christina Rossetti.
- 1997 A Passionate Sisterhood, (Constable , Virago [4] 1998). Lives of the Wives, Sisters and Daughters of Wordsworth and Coleridge
- 1999 Catherine Cookson: The Biography, (Constable, Little Brown 2000, Random House Australia 2000).
- 2003 An Introduction to Margaret Forster (Northern Lights ISBN 0905404920).
- 2010 Katherine Mansfield: The Story-Teller, Penguin NZ
Other Non Fiction
- 2004 Seeking Catherine Cookson’s Da (Constable Robinson), A genealogical quest.
as Kate Gordon:-
- A Practical Guide to Alternative Weddings, Constable 1998 reprint 2002 ISBN 1841196061
- A Practical Guide to Alternative Baptism and Baby-naming, Constable 1998
- A Practical Guide to Alternative Funerals, Constable 1998 ISBN 0 09 478770 0
Poetry
- Invisible Lipstick, (Stone Edge Press) 1986
- Rumours of Another Sky (Stone Edge Press) 1987
- Unwritten Lives (Redbeck Press) 1995 ?ISBN 0946980225
- ?Other Poetry 2001 (ISBN 01445847)
Short Fiction
- ?Northern Stories Vol 5 1994 Ed. Beryl Bainbridge and David Pownall ISBN 0946407975
- Arc Short Stories Vol 8 1997 (Ed. Maureen Freely and Livi Michael) ISBN 1900072165
- Eating Your Cake - and Having it (Anthology) ISBN 0952515512
- BBC Radio 4 Short Story slot, 1994, 1995, 1998
- Tabla 1996, 1999,(ISBN 0953298116); 2001, (ISBN 0953298132).
- Pitch 2001 (ed by Susan Tranter)[5]
- Landscape into Literature - A Writers' Anthology 2005 ISBN 1903998557
As Educator?
Adult Education Courses, Creative writing
- Weston super mare College of Further Education 1987-1990
- Bristol Adult Education Dept. 1987-1990
- Nailsea and Backwell Adult Education Dept 1988-90
- Carlisle College of Further Education 1993-6
- Kendal College of Further Education 1995-9
University Appointments
- ?University of Bristol, Principal part-time tutor and moderator, Women's Studies and Creative
Writing, Department of Continuing Education 1990-94
- University of Newcastle, Centre for Lifelong Learning, tutor, Women's Studies, English
Literature and Creative Writing, 1993-99.
- The Open College, (based at Lancaster University and Kendal College Outreach) Part-time
tutor and moderator, Creative Writing and Women's Studies 1995 - 2000.
- Open University on-line Creative writing degree course 2005 to date.
- Royal Literary Fund Fellow [6] at the University of Teesside, 2007-9, and at the University of Lancaster 2010.