In 1921, she received the Hawthornden Prize for the novel The Death of Society: Conte de Fée Premier.
Her novels contained a philosophical trend that spoke to some of the major concerns of the time, but also future generations.
Among the subjects in her books topics included the First World War and its devastating effects on the civilization and personal relationships, the demise of a predominantly rural world, the harmful consequences for agriculture and human life through the introduction of machinery and the replacement of manual work through automation.
In addition, however, they also looked at the role of the artist and the difficulties in romantic relationships that are frustrated by the war or social conventions.
Storm Jameson, who helped manage Wilson for Blanche Knopf, described her novel Dragon's Blood as a prevision of Hitler's Nazi Europe.