I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Resources

Joanne Greenberg is now in her eighties and lives a quiet and non-crazy life out in Colorado.

This site has a great timeline that shows treatments for mental illness throughout the ages.

Want a male perspective? Here's a first-person article about a man's experience in and out of mental hospitals in the 1960s. Spoiler: he endured heavy medication and forced labor.

Here's the script for the play adaptation of the novel, which was first performed in 2004.

This 1977 adaptation stars Kathleen Quinlan, who was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe for her portrayal of Deborah Blau. It's totally 70s, which means it's awesome.

In this interview, Greenberg talks about how metaphors operate in both regular life and in mental illness. She also discusses the treatment of mental illness back in the day.

This documentary about schizophrenia also includes interview clips with Joanne Greenberg, who talks about her experiences with mental illness.

In this interview, Greenberg talks about why she's drawn to write about characters who have unusual perspectives, whether because they're deaf or mentally ill or something else. She also talks about the evolution of mental health treatments, and about how she conquered her own demons and ended up having a "normal" life.

Here's a recent photo of the author, who is now in her eighties.

The film adaptation of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden won recognition for its portrayal of mental illness.

Um, this isn't really how the author describes Deborah, but whatever.