About
T. Greenwood is the author of fifteen novels. She has received grants from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council. She has won four San Diego Book Awards. Five of her novels have been Indie Next picks. Bodies of Water was a finalist for a Lambda Foundation award, and Keeping Lucy was a 2021 Target Book Club selection. Her next novel, The Still Point, will be published on 2/20/24. She and her family split their time between San Diego, CA, and Vermont.
Featured Work
The Still Point
Dance Moms meets Little Fires Everywhere in award winning author Tammy Greenwood’s addictive new novel set in the hyper cutthroat world of ballet girls and their mothers as they compete for a prestigious prize.
Ever, Lindsay, and Josie have ushered their daughters—Bea, Olive, and Savvy—through years of dance classes in their coastal California town. They’ve tended bloodied feet, stitched ribbons to countless pairs of pointe shoes, and in the process, forged friendships that seem to transcend rivalry.
But now Etienne Bernay, enfant terrible of French ballet, has come to their conservatory. Not only will he direct this year’s production of The Nutcracker, but he’s brought along a film crew to document his search for one special student who will receive a full scholarship to the Ballet de Paris Academie. For the girls, this is the chance to fulfill lifelong dreams. For Ever, recently widowed and struggling financially, it may be the only way to keep Bea dancing. And Bea is a truly gifted dancer—poetic and ethereal, breathtaking to watch.
Lindsay, meanwhile, frets that Olive is growing tired of the punishing reality of training, while Josie has no such qualms about Savvy, who is a powerhouse of ambition.
From auditions to casting to rehearsals, the cameras capture the selection process, with its backstabbing and jealousy, disappointment and triumph. But it’s behind the scenes that Bernay’s arrival will yield the most shocking revelations, exposing the secrets and lies at the heart of all three families—and the sacrifices women make for their children, for friendship, and for art.
Other Works
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Such a Pretty Girl
2022
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Keeping Lucy
2019
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Rust & Stardust
2018
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The Golden Hour
2017
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Where I Lost Her
2016
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The Forever Bridge
2015
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Bodies of Water
2013
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Grace
2012
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This Glittering World
2011
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The Hungry Season
2010
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Two Rivers
2009
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Undressing the Moon
2002
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Nearer Than the Sky
2000
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Breathing Water
1999
Awards and Recognition
- Winner, Best Mystery and Suspense, San Diego Book Awards, Rust & Stardust - 2018
- Winner, Best Published General Fiction Novel, San Diego Book Awards, Where I Lost Her - 2017
- Finalist, Lambda Literary Awards, Bodies of Water - 2014
- Winner, Best Published General Fiction Novel, San Diego Book Awards, Grace - 2013
- Winner, Best General Fiction Novel, San Diego Book Awards, Two Rivers - 2010
- Maryland State Arts Council Fiction Grant - 2008
- National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship - 2004
- The William Goyen - Doris Roberts Fellowship for Fiction, from The Christopher Isherwood Foundation, Undressing the Moon - 2002
- The Sherwood Anderson Foundation Award for Best First Novel, Breathing Water - 1999