Rose Garden Writer

The New Home of Joanne Greenberg, author of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

About Me

About Me

Joanne Greenberg is an American author born September 24, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York. She was a professor of anthropology at the Colorado School of Mines, an elementary school teacher, and a volunteer with the Lookout Mountain Fire Rescue.

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My Books

My Books

Click here for links to buy my books. Most are readily available through your choice of book sellers. Some however are out of print and our dedicated Web team has scoured the Internet to find everything available.

A Lifetime of Writing

Thirteen Years With Fire-Rescue

Thirteen Years With Fire-Rescue

"Women on the fire department?" The year was 1972, and no female was even close to that bastion of rural male life. On the Run begins with that story and the result of my thirteen-year service.

Thirteen Years with Fire-Rescue

Idaho Springs Literary Festival

Joanne Greenberg just celebrated her 92nd birthday on Sept. 24th. She said it was one of the best birthdays she’s ever had. One of her acts of celebration was going for a motorcycle ride with her Rabbi. Imagine cruising down one of those twelve-percent-grade Colorado switchbacks on a motorcycle at 92 years old. Another celebration

My Quiet Fight For Home Book Released.

When Albert Greenberg started out as Colorado’s first rehabilitation counselor for the Deaf, he had as two of his early clients, Johnnie Calderone and Saundra Scott. They forged a relationship beyond the department, and Johnnie worked with Albert as he struggled to learn American Sign Language. Albert, in turn, brought what he was learning home

Rose Garden in Master’s Thesis in Turkey

Gülfem Aşlakcı is currently working on her master’s thesis in the field of Comparative Literature. The topic of her thesis is as follows: This study compares the influences of characters in Peyami Safa’s novel “Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu” and Joanne Greenberg’s “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” through a psychoanalytic lens, grounded in the authors’

I Live Here: learning to heal through embracing your own story

During her time in Fire-Rescue, Joanne and her team saved a young child. One of the stories in On the Run chronicles the girl’s gut-wrenching, disturbing, yet inspiring story in detail. The little girl’s name is Lori Poland. Foothills Fire-Rescue recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and both Joanne and Lori attended. Of course, Lori is

Kat

Joanne Greenberg is most well-known for her book “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,” but she has written many more books, though not as well known, are excellent reads! When I read, I like to feel for the characters, get inside their heads; be eager to know what they will do/think next. Joanne’s characters

Rose Garden Writer

A Lifetime of Writing