Golden Globe Nominated Writer's Debut Novel

Debut novel by Golden Globe nominated Joan Tewkesbury, is being released on October 17, 2011. "To read EBBA AND THE GREEN DRESS OF OLIVIA GOMEZ IN A TIME OF CONFLICT AND WAR is an overwhelming experience. Joan Tewkesbury's has crafted a novel of luminous originality, creativity and resonance." - Walter Salles, Award winning director (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries and On The Road) End Quote

(1888PressRelease) October 17, 2011 - "Ebba and the Green Dresses of Olivia Gomez in a Time of Conflict and War" is Academy Award nominated writer Joan Tewkesbury's first novel, which intimately reveals the awakening world of Ebba through her mother's dying, a new found family, her first "love" and a Latin American community infected with government sanctioned disappearances, torture and death. The story is a literary wonderland of love, hate, darkness and hope.

"The themes and characters of Joan Tewkesbury's remarkable book are steeped in the spices and flavors of Latin American magic realism. She can turn on a centavo from comic absurdity to gossamer romance, sweep through envy, betrayal, and revenge, and then plunge down a nightmare hole into things terrible to contemplate. This book has the freshness of a first novel told with the assurance of a master." -- Jonathan Richards, Author Nick & Jake.

Ms. Tewkesbury has written for stage, television and screen. Her writing includes Sadie and Simpson, Elysian Fields, Acorn People, The Stranger, The Guardian, The Tenth Month, Dance Card, Jammed, and Nashville. She is a creative advisor for the Sundance Native Lab and Sundance Insitute. Her work has been honored by the Writer's Guild, The Golden Globes, The British Academy Awards, Los Angeles Critics and Academy Awards. Joan has two children, six grandchildren and lives in Northern New Mexico.

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