New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, nominated for the Edgar, and set in a decaying Brooklyn neighborhood. Features NYPD detective Jack Leightner, who grew up in the area, and his estranged son, Ben, "a young documentary filmmaker fascinated by its history. The Hook has been home to dockworkers and drug dealers, Al Capone and Joey Gallo, a giant public housing project, and one of the nation's greatest ports. Ben wants to find out why the once-thriving waterfront community has become a beautiful ruin - and why it has damaged his own family." SIGNED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-312274580.

New York: Tambourine Books - Morrow, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An updated version of the Grimm Brothers fairy tale "Brother and Sister" set in late 19th century Brooklyn with a wicked witch who runs a sweatshop and a real estate tycoon who rescues Sadie. Warmly and exuberantly INSCRIBED on the dedication page by the illustrator Susan Guevara "For . . . Who made magic for me! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" and dated in 1998. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-688-103065.