| Title | Year | Note |
| Twentieth-Century Children's Writers | 1989 | |
| Contemporary Poets | 1990 | |
| Contemporary World Writers | 1993 | |
| The Virgin Blue | 1996 | |
| Encyclopedia of the Essay | 1998 | |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | 1999 | AAR Desert Island Keepers |
| Falling Angels | 2001 | |
| The Lady and the Unicorn | 2003 | RT 2004 Reviewers' Choice |
| Concise Encyclopedia of the Essay | 2003 | |
| Burning Bright | 2007 |