- Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2021.
- Hearst Castle’s Official Mobile Application, with Guidekick, Inc., available for free download at Apple iTunes and Google Play.
- “William Randolph Hearst: Maverick Collector,” Journal of the History of Collections 27: 3 (November 2015), 413-424.
- “The Power of Beauty: Bernard Maybeck and the Palace of Fine Arts,” in Jewel City: Art from San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with James A. Ganz, et al. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and University of California Press, 2015, 50-59.
- “Home on the Hearst Range,” an online photo essay for Vanity Fair, November 2013
- Hearst Ranch: Family, Land, and Legacy. New York: Abrams, 2013.
- “MaryLou Boone: The Accidental Collector,” in Daily Pleasures: French Ceramics from the MaryLou Boone Collection, with Meredith Chilton, et al. Los Angeles: LACMA, 2012, 15-21.
- The Beverly Hills Hotel: The First 100 Years, with Robert Anderson. Beverly Hills, CA: The Beverly Hills Collection: 2012.
- “Speaking Dickens.” Counsel Magazine (June 2012): 38-39.
- Hearst’s San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land. New York: Abrams, 2009.
- “Morgan and Associates: Julia Morgan’s Architectural Practice as Design Metaphor,” 20 on 20/20 Vision. Boston: American Institute of Architects, 2003, 44-51.
- “San Simeon’s Collection of Ceremonial Objects,” with Jana Seely. The Magazine Antiques CLXI, No. 4 (April 2002): 138-146.
- Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House, with a foreword by George Plimpton. New York: Abrams, 2000.