[2] Books by Van Slyke include Eve's Other Children (1912),[3] Little Miss By-the-day (1919),[4][5][6] and Nora Pays (1925).

[7][8] She also wrote novel-length stories for serialized publication in newspapers, including The Newlywed Lindsays (1921),[9] Brides Will Be Brides (1922)[10] The Match that Merry Made (1922), Just Like a Woman (1924), The Social Climber: Love Story of a Schoolma'am (1925),[11] and Playing with Fire (1926).

[15] Van Slyke was known for her popular stories and books about Syrian immigrants in Brooklyn,[16][17] often centered on a child character named Nazileh and her family.

[20] The Bookman columnist Ina Carrington Cabell said in 1912 that "it is borne upon us that such vital happenings, such real people, must be true and alive".

[23] Lucille Baldwin married fellow Syracuse alumnus George Martin Van Slyke, a newspaper editor, in 1903.