Dodie's work has been widely anthologized and has appeared in, among others, the anthologies Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache, The Best American Erotica 2001, High Risk, The Art of Practice: 45 Contemporary Poets, A Poetics of Criticism, The New Fuck You, Primary Trouble, and Moving Borders: Three Decades of Innovative Writing by Women. One of the original "New Narrative" writers of the early and mid 80's, Dodie has worked hard to bring together the sometimes disparate paths of art, poetry and the novel, including a triumphant five-year stint as director of the seminal San Francisco writing lab, Small Press Traffic. In recognition of her efforts she won the prestigious Bay Guardian "Goldie" Award for Literature in 1998. Dodie has also published journalism and creative nonfiction in a wide range of publications including The Village Voice, The San Francisco Chronicle, Bookforum, Out/Look, The San Diego Reader, ZDNet Developer, Nest, as well as numerous small press literary journals and web sites.

She has written often and vividly on contemporary literature, transgression, feminist and queer theory, AIDS and body issues. She is currently working on The Fourth Form, a multi-dimensional sex novel. Dodie lives in San Francisco with the writer Kevin Killian and Blanche the cat. With Kevin she has edited over issues of the San Francisco-based writing/art zine they call Mirage #4/Period[ical].

Dodie has taught creative writing at the San Francisco Art Institute, Mills College, UC Santa Cruz, University of San Francisco, Naropa University, Antioch Los Angeles, San Francisco State, and CalArts. She also leads a private prose workshop that's been running for a dozen or so years.