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Adriana Trigiani
Born
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Occupation(s)Novelist, television writer, producer, film director
Websitewww.adrianatrigiani.com

Adriana Trigiani is an American novelist, television writer, producer and film director.

Career

Trigiani grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia[1] and attended Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana.[2] Her family is Italian American.[3][4] She was a writer for The Cosby Show and its spin-off series A Different World before beginning on novels.[2] In 1996, she won the Most Popular Documentary award at the Hamptons International Film Festival for directing the Queens of the Big Time. The following year, she served as co-producer on the documentary film Green Chimneys.

In 2000, Trigiani wrote a novel about the town titled Big Stone Gap, based on a screenplay by the same name she authored.[1][2] It was followed by three sequels, Big Cherry Holler,[1] Milk Glass Moon, and Home to Big Stone Gap.[5] Aside from that series, she has written Rococo,[6] Queen of the Big Time,[6] and Lucia, Lucia, which became a best-seller in Britain.[7] Very Valentine, was published in February 2009, and followed by Brava Valentine Valentine in 2010.[8][9]

She also co-authored Cooking With My Sisters: One Hundred Years of Family Recipes with Mary Trigiani, her sister. The family memoir-meets-cookbook includes the contributions of their three sisters and their mother.[1]

In 2008 Trigiani served as the Appalachian writer in residence at Shepherd University.[1]

Trigiani lives in Greenwich Village in New York.[7]

Filmography

Film
Year Film Notes
1996 Queens of the Big Time Director
1997 Green Chimneys Co-producer
2014 Big Stone Gap Director/Writer
Television
Year Title Notes
1989–1990 A Different World Writer, 3 episodes
1991–1992 The Cosby Show Writer, 5 episodes

Literary works

Novels

  • Big Stone Gap: a novel. New York: Random House, 2000. [10]
  • Big Cherry Holler: a Big Stone Gap novel. New York : Random House, 2001 [11]
  • Milk glass moon : a Big Stone Gap novel. New York : Random House, 2002. [12]
  • Lucia, Lucia: a novel. New York: Random House, 2004. [13]
  • Home to Big Stone Gap; a novel. New York : Random House, 2006. [14]
  • he queen of the big time : a novel. New York : Random House, 2004. [15]
  • Rococo: a novel. New York : Random House, 2005. [16]
  • Very Valentine (2009)
  • Viola in Reel Life (2009) [Young Adults] [17]
  • Brava, Valentine : a novel. Harper Collins Publishers, 2010 [18]
  • Viola In the Spotlight (2011)
  • The Shoemaker's Wife: a novel.New York : Harper Collins, 2012. [19]
  • The Supreme Macaroni Company : a novel. New York : Harper, 2013. [20]

Memoirs

Awards

Year Award Result Category Film
1996 Hamptons International Film Festival Won Most Popular Documentary Queens of the Big Time

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 2014 marked Trigiani's debut as a filmmaker, directing the film adaption of her hit novel, Big Stone Gap, starring Ashley Judd and Patrick Wilson. Mason, Cecelia (2008-10-03). "Writer's career rooted in Appalachia". West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
  2. ^ a b c Laube, Leigh (2006-10-22). "Trigiani writing Big Stone Gap screenplay". TimesNews.net.
  3. ^ http://www.harpercollinsspeakersbureau.com/speaker/adriana-trigiani/
  4. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/realestate/adriana-trigiani-follows-the-map-of-her-heart.html?_r=0
  5. ^ In 2014, Big Stone Gap arrived on movie screens as a romantic comedy written and directed by Trigiani and produced by Donna Gigliotti for Altar Identity Studios, a subsidiary of Media Society. "Best-selling author returns home in latest novel". Retrieved 2010-11-26.
  6. ^ a b Spice, Martin (2006-01-01). "Over the top but endearing". The Start.
  7. ^ a b Williams, Andrew. "60 Seconds: Adriana Trigiani". Metro.
  8. ^ Memmott, Carol (2009-02-11). "5 questions for Adriana Trigiani". USA TODAY.
  9. ^ Trigiani, Adriana (2010-06-05). "Review: Encore Valentine". Independent.ie.
  10. ^ Trigiani, Adriana. Big Stone Gap. New York: Random House. pp. 272 pages, 25 cm. ISBN 0375504036.
  11. ^ Trigiani, Adriana (2001). Big Cherry Holler : a Big Stone Gap novel. New York: Random House. pp. 272 pages, 25 cm. ISBN 0375506179.
  12. ^ Trigiani, Adriana (2002). Milk glass moon : a Big Stone Gap novel (1st edition ed.). New York: Random House. pp. 256 pages, 25 cm. ISBN 0375506187. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  13. ^ Trigiani, Adriana. Lucia, Lucia : a novel. New York: Random House. pp. 263 pages, 25 cm. ISBN 1400060052.
  14. ^ Trigiani, Adriana (2006). Home to Big Stone Gap : a novel (1st edition ed.). New york: Random House. pp. 305 pages, 25 cm. ISBN 1400060087. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  15. ^ Trigiani, Adriana (2004). The queen of the big time : a novel (1st edition ed.). New York: Random House. pp. 261 pages, 25 cm. ISBN 1400060060. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  16. ^ Trigiani, Adriana (2005). Rococo : a novel (1st edition ed.). New York: Random House. pp. 272 pages, 25 cm. ISBN 1400060079. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  17. ^ "Author Adriana Trigiani forays into teen fiction". Retrieved 2010-11-26.
  18. ^ Trigiani, Adriana (2009). Very Valentine : a novel (1st edition ed.). New York: Harper Collins Publishers. pp. 371 pages, 24 cm. ISBN 9780061257056. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  19. ^ Trigiani, Adriana (2012). The Shoemaker's Wife. New York: HarperCollins. pp. 475 p., 24 cm. ISBN 9780061257094.
  20. ^ Trigiani, Adriana (2013). The Supreme Macaroni Company : a novel. New York: Harper. pp. 338 pages, 24 cm. ISBN 9780062136589.

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