All Over the Map was included in Oprah's Top Ten to Read Now for Summer,[2] ranked #2 Bestseller in Denver,[3] and awarded Traveler Book of the Month by National Geographic magazine.

During this time, she exposed a ring of fake abortion clinics, run by a right-wing fundamentalist group, who gave false medical information to women seeking counselling.

Fraser wrote investigative reports about the California prison system’s efforts to discontinue prison-wide newspapers by transferring the inmates who served as editors.

Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Examiner, O: The Oprah Magazine, Gourmet, Vogue, Salon.com, Mother Jones, Sunset, Self, Martha Stewart Living, Tricycle Buddhist Review, Glamour, Mirabella, Wired, Town & Country Travel, and Budget Travel.

Following the book's release, Fraser made appearances on the Today Show, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, MTV, CNN, and MSNBC.

An Italian Affair (Pantheon, 2001) is her first memoir, which Fraser begins by describing the devastating marriage breakup that became the catalyst for her journey to Italy, and the life-affirming relationship she discovered while trying to heal her broken heart.

Fraser has taught creative non-fiction classes at Aspen Summer Words, the San Miguel de Allende Writing Workshop, The Kansas City Writers' and Readers' Conference, and A Room of Her Own Foundation.