Schoenberger is the author of three prize-winning collections of poetry (The Taxidermist's Daughter, Girl On A White Porch, Long Like A River) and the literary biography of Anglo-Irish writer Caroline Blackwood (Dangerous Muse: The Life of Lady Caroline Blackwood/Nan A. Talese Books, 2001). With her husband Sam Kashner, she co-wrote A Talent For Genius, The Life and Times of Oscar Levant (Villard, 1994), and Hollywood Kryptonite: The Bulldog, The Lady, and The Death of Superman (St. Martin's Press, 1996). A recipient of an NEA grant and two state artist's grant, Schoenberger currently teaches creative writing at the College of William & Mary.