[5] Her linguistics works include: In 1998, she published Homestead a novel set in an isolated Austrian village, for which she won the 1999 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award [3] [4] and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

Her historical fiction, published under the name Sara Donati, begins with Hawkeye from The Last of the Mohicans and investigates the life of his immediate family and descendants in the Endless Forests of New York State from 1792.

These books include: Into the Wilderness commences in the fictional town of Paradise on the west branch of the Sacandanga River, New York State 1792.

It's an adventure and a love story with many twists and turns and a surprising visit from characters from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander (or Cross Stitch in Australia) series.

[10] The story of the Bonners continue many years later in 1802, this time surrounding Nathaniel's daughter Hannah who is also half Kahnyenkehaka (Mohawk), who has been studying medicine with the local doctor Richard Todd.

Nathaniel and Elizabeth's eldest son leaves to fight with his cousin Blue-Jay only to be injured and captured and taken to Nut Island in Canada, a fort held by the invading British.

Their search is successful, but then discover that her child (and Luke's) has been taken by a ruthless man (Honore Poiterin) to New Orleans, which is soon under attack by British Forces.

It is set in the town of Paradise in 1824, where the reappearance of Jemima Southern is perceived as a threat to her daughter Martha Kirby and stepdaughter Callie Wilde.