Joanne Greenberg, author portrait
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Joanne Greenberg

Joanne Greenberg is an internationally renowned, award-winning author of sixteen novels and four collections of short stories. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she graduated from American University, where she majored in anthropology and English, and also studied at the University of London and the University of Colorado. Her second novel, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, published in 1964, has sold millions of copies and was adapted into a 1977 movie and a 2004 play of the same name. Greenberg lives near Lookout Mountain, Colorado, where she writes daily, tutors Latin and Hebrew, is active in the Beth Evergreen congregation, has been an adjunct professor of cultural anthropology and fiction writing at the Colorado School of Mines, and has volunteered as an EMT. Her website is rosegardenwriter.com.
In This Sign
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

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In This Sign
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Mental Health Awareness Month Resources

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Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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