Fiction
Little Joker Sings (Random House, 2013)
Lucky Bastard (Random House, 2007)
Iridescence (Vintage, 2003)
Boy Overboard (Vintage, 1997)
One of Them! (Vintage, 1997)
Duration of a Kiss (Secker & Warburg, 1994)
Dangerous Desires (Short story collection: Reed Books, 1991)
Creative Nonfiction
Hello Darkness (Cloud Ink Press, 2019)
Dear Oliver: Uncovering a Pākehā History (Massey UP, 2018)
Journey to a Hanging (Random House, 2014)
The Hungry Heart: Journeys with William Colenso (2005)
On Going to the Movies (Series editor Lloyd Jones: Four Winds Press, 2005)
Long Loop Home: a memoir (Vintage, 2001)
Editor
The Cat’s Whiskers: New Zealand Writers on Cats (Edited by Peter Wells: Vintage, 2005)
Best Mates: Gay Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand (Edited by Peter Wells and Rex Pilgrim: Reed, 1997)
'I felt energised by the freedom of 'making things up’' - Maxine Alterio