David Valdes Greenwood's Books
Apr.27.2010
Ride a bull. Chat up a Senator. And get your homework in on time. It's all in a day's work for a festival queen. If you assume all pageant queens are airheads, then welcome to the alternate universe of America's smart and sassy festival queens. With titles like Catfish Queen and Swine Queen, and royal duties ranging from leading parades to kissing frogs to doing PR for local...
Oct.29.2007
For young David Valdes Greenwood, the indomitable “little fruitcake” at the center of these tales, nothing is sweeter than the promise of the holidays. A modern-day Tiny Tim, he holds fast to his ideal of what Christmas should be, despite the huge odds against him: Sub-zero Maine winters. A host of eccentric relatives. And his constant foil: a frugal, God-fearing Grammy who...
Dec.25.2006
In this “sweet, funny, true tale of same-sex romance” (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY), David Valdes Greenwood sets the record straight on gay marriage-and reminds us what really matters to any couple. Here he charts the ups and downs of an all-too-human relationship: going on that first “non-date”; learning to share duties (and mince words) in the kitchen; dealing with a wandering...
About David
David Valdes Greenwood is the author of three books: Homo Domesticus: Notes from a Same Sex Marriage; A Little Fruitcake: A Childhood in Holidays (a Today Show Top-10 holiday books pick); and The Rhinestone Sisterhood. As a playwright, his work has...
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Causes David Valdes Greenwood Supports
The Theater Offensive. Oxfam America. Big Brothers Big Sisters. The Heifer Project.