The Which Way Tree
Published by Little, Brown and Company

A New York Times Editors' Choice

“The Which Way Tree is one part Track of the Cat, one part True Grit, and one part Tom Sawyer, a ruthless pedigree for a novel that displays human nature in its most beautiful form—a marvel.” —Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The Western Star, a Walt Longmire mystery

Monday, Monday
Published by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux

"This is a brilliant and beautiful book." —Stephen Harrigan, author of The Gates of the Alamo and Remember Ben Clayton

"An extraordinary novel—an eloquent love story ... subtle, startling, and wise." —Sarah Bird, author of Above the East China Sea

"Rapturous...so vivid the novel seems to virtually breathe." —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You

The Night Journal
Published by Viking

February 2006 BookSense Pick and Barnes and Noble Book Club Pick

A brilliantly imagined, lavish, and transporting novel of a young woman discovering the truth about her family's mythic past.

"Rich and serious yet also wonderfully beguiling . . . gripping and so unique"
—Julia Glass, author of Three Junes

Promised Lands
Published by Doubleday
February 1994

“. . .deftly deflates myths about the Texas fight (1835-36) for independence from Mexico . . . convincing characters and vivid description bring a fascinating period to life.” —Kirkus Reviews

The Raven's Bride: A Novel of Eliza Allen and Sam Houston
Published by Doubleday
January 1991

2006 Texas Reads: One Book One Texas selection

“Crook’s intricate first novel engagingly details the abrupt dissolution of Sam Houston’s 11-week marriage to Eliza Allen . . . the couple’s emotional turmoil is maintained at high pitch by the interaction of a rich cast of characters ..." 
—Publishers Weekly