This Glittering World

T. Greenwood, acclaimed author of Two Rivers and The Hungry Season, crafts a moving story of loss and atonement. One November morning, Ben Bailey walks out of his home to retrieve the paper. Instead, he finds Ricky Begay, a young man, beaten and dying in the newly fallen snow. Reeling from the incident, he meets Ricky's sister, Shadi, and begins to question everything, from his job to his fiancée. Ben decides to discover the truth about Ricky's death, both for Shadi's sake and in hopes of mending the cracks in his own life. Yet the answers leave him torn - between responsibility and happiness, between his once-certain future and the choices that could liberate him from a delicate web of lies.

T. Greenwood grew up in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. She has also lived in Flagstaff, Seattle, and the Washington D.C. area. Now, she and her husband Patrick live in San Diego, California with their two daughters, two cats, and their Golden Retriever. She teaches creative writing for San Diego Writers, Ink, Grossmont College and online for The Writer's Center. She still spends her summers in Vermont where she writes and takes pictures.