diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b3fa954..132b08c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -52,15 +52,17 @@ const write = (filepath, data, options, callback) => {
     throw new Error('File already exists: ' + destpath);
   }
 
-  const promise = mkdir(path.dirname(destpath), { recursive: true, ...options })
-    .then(() => {
-      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        fs.createWriteStream(destpath, opts)
-          .on('error', err => reject(err))
-          .on('close', resolve)
-          .end(ensureNewline(data, opts));
+  const promise = enqueueWrite(destpath, () => {
+    return mkdir(path.dirname(destpath), { recursive: true, ...options })
+      .then(() => {
+        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+          fs.createWriteStream(destpath, opts)
+            .on('error', err => reject(err))
+            .on('close', resolve)
+            .end(ensureNewline(data, opts));
+        });
       });
-    });
+  });
 
   if (typeof callback === 'function') {
     promise.then(() => callback(null, result)).catch(callback);
@@ -140,6 +142,28 @@ write.stream = (filepath, options) => {
   return fs.createWriteStream(destpath, opts);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Serialize async writes to the same absolute path so concurrent
+ * write() calls cannot interleave. write.sync uses writeFileSync and
+ * completes before returning, so two sync writes cannot interleave.
+ */
+
+const pendingWrites = new Map();
+
+const enqueueWrite = (filepath, task) => {
+  const key = path.resolve(filepath);
+  const previous = pendingWrites.get(key) || Promise.resolve();
+  const current = previous.then(() => task(), () => task());
+  pendingWrites.set(key, current);
+  const cleanup = () => {
+    if (pendingWrites.get(key) === current) {
+      pendingWrites.delete(key);
+    }
+  };
+  current.then(cleanup, cleanup);
+  return current;
+};
+
 /**
  * Increment the filename if the file already exists and enabled by the user
  */
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index aab6af2..c5fa6ec 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -91,6 +91,63 @@ describe('write', () => {
         assert.equal('Hello!\n', contents.toString());
       }
     });
+
+    it('should serialize concurrent writes to the same filepath', async() => {
+      const fp = tmp('race.txt');
+      // A larger first write and a smaller second write reproduces #13
+      // without 100MB buffers: without a queue the smaller write finishes
+      // first, then the large write overwrites (or tears) the file.
+      const first = Buffer.alloc(2 * 1024 * 1024, 0x61);
+      const second = Buffer.alloc(64 * 1024, 0x62);
+      let contentsAfterFirst;
+
+      const started = write(fp, first, { overwrite: true }).then(result => {
+        contentsAfterFirst = fs.readFileSync(fp);
+        return result;
+      });
+      const queuedLast = write(fp, second, { overwrite: true });
+
+      await Promise.all([started, queuedLast]);
+
+      assert.ok(contentsAfterFirst.equals(first), 'each write finishes completely before the next starts');
+      assert.ok(fs.readFileSync(fp).equals(second), 'last-queued write wins after serialization');
+    });
+
+    it('should serialize concurrent writes that use different path strings', async() => {
+      const fp = tmp('race-alias.txt');
+      const alias = path.relative(process.cwd(), fp);
+      const first = Buffer.from('first-alias-write');
+      const second = Buffer.from('second-alias-write');
+
+      await Promise.all([
+        write(fp, first, { overwrite: true }),
+        write(alias, second, { overwrite: true })
+      ]);
+
+      assert.equal(fs.readFileSync(fp, 'utf8'), second.toString());
+    });
+
+    it('should run the next write if the previous write fails', async() => {
+      const fp = tmp('after-error.txt');
+      const orig = fs.createWriteStream;
+      let count = 0;
+
+      fs.createWriteStream = function(dest, options) {
+        const stream = orig.call(this, dest, options);
+        if (++count === 1) {
+          process.nextTick(() => stream.destroy(new Error('boom')));
+        }
+        return stream;
+      };
+
+      try {
+        await assert.rejects(() => write(fp, 'nope'));
+        await write(fp, 'recovered');
+        assert.equal(fs.readFileSync(fp, 'utf8'), 'recovered');
+      } finally {
+        fs.createWriteStream = orig;
+      }
+    });
   });
 
   describe('sync', () => {