Tommy Greenwald

Tommy Greenwald (born April 27, 1962) is an American playwright and children’s book author. Greenwald co-wrote John & Jen with Andrew Lippa.

His debut middle-grade fiction book was Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading, a humorous book about a reluctant reader.[1] He also wrote the lyrics for the musical John & Jen,[2] which tells the story of a woman named Jen and two men in her life named John: her brother, who dies in the Vietnam War, and her son.[3]

Greenwald is the executive creative director of Spotco, which creates advertisements for Broadway shows.[4]

Bibliography
  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading, Roaring Brook Press, 2011
  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit, Roaring Brook Press, 2012
  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation, Roaring Brook Press, 2013
  • Jack Strong Takes a Stand, Roaring Brook Press, 2013
  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money, Roaring Brook Press, 2014
  • Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting! (And Lives to Tell About It), Roaring Brook Press, 2015
  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl, Roaring Book Press, 2015

References
  1. “Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading”, Publishers Weekly, 5/30/2011.
  2. Tommy Greenwald, Call Me Adam, July 3, 2011.
  3. “John & Jen”, Music Theatre International.
  4. Spotco Staff Directory Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine


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