After the publication of her 2017 biography of Ernest Hemingway, Dearborn wrote a critical essay regarding his antisemitism. She reflected on her experience writing, where many sources sought to decrease the extent of his prejudices due to the time period. She emphasized that she did not believe the antisemitism was reason to stop reading his works, but instead provided another perspective to study his work from. Dearborn's biography
Carson McCullers: A Life, was published in 2024. It is the first notable biography of
Carson McCullers written in more than 20 years. Dearborn explored aspects of McCullers that had never been examined before especially after comparison to 1976 biography
The Lonely Hunter by
Virginia Spencer Carr. In an article for Lit Hub, Dearborn described McCullers' career as creating "what may be American literature’s most detailed, carefully observed picture of what it means to be an outsider.There is a newfound brilliance in Dearborn's deep dive into every aspect of McCuller's difficulties and creativity." ==Works==