On the Run

Joanne Greenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York and was graduated from American University, Washington, D.C., with a major in anthropology and English literature.

In 1955, she married Albert Greenberg, who encouraged her to write her first book, The King's Persons, an account of the York Massacre at York Castle in 1190.

The novel received the Harry and Ethel Daroff Memorial Fiction Award as well as the Jewish Book Council of America award.

This has been followed by 15 novels and four collectio...