Danielle Trussoni

Danielle Trussoni
Danielle Trussoni (2016)
Born	La Crosse, Wisconsin
Occupation	Novelist
Language	English
Nationality	American
Education	MFA in Fiction, Iowa Writers' Workshop
Alma mater	University of Iowa
Notable awards	New York Times Best 10 Books of the Year, 2006 The Michener Copernicus Society of American Award Dana Award in Novel category, 2011
Website
www.danielletrussoni.com

Danielle Anne Trussoni is a New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling novelist. She has been a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction jurist, and writes the Dark Matters column for the New York Times Book Review. She created the Writerly podcast, a weekly podcast about the art and business of writing. Her novels have been translated into 33 languages.

Her work includes five books: Falling Through the Earth (2006), Angelology (2010), Angelopolis (2012), The Fortress (2016), and The Ancestor (2020). She is the recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Society of America award, the Dana award in the novel, and the New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year for her first book. In addition to being published in The New York Times Book Review, she has also been The Guardian, The New York Times Magazine and Tin House, her writings have been widely anthologized.

Background

Trussoni graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in History and English in 1996 and from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she received an MFA in Fiction Writing in 2002. She has lived for extended periods in Japan, Bulgaria, England and France.

Trussoni currently lives in New York. She lived in France from 2009-2012 and her memoir, The Fortress, focuses on this period in her life. Trussoni was featured in Season 2 of This American Life (TV). She married the French filmmaker Hadrien Royo in 2016 in Brittany. [1]

Writing

Angelology series

Trussoni’s first novel, Angelology, (Viking Press, 2010) was a literary historical thriller described as “a brilliant tapestry of myth and biblical lore on our present-day world and plunged two star-crossed heroes into an ancient battle against mankind’s greatest enemy: the fatally attractive angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim.”

Angelology received a great deal of attention prior to publication. Seven publishing houses vied for the publishing rights, resulting in a bidding war. Angelology went on to become a New York Times International Bestseller and has been translated into over thirty languages.

Angelopolis, the follow up to Angelology, was a New York Times bestseller and was described as "stunning" and "a must-read" by Booklist. Part historical novel, fantasy, love story, thriller, and mystery, it is a continuation of Angelology from the perspective of Verlaine.

A third book in the series will be published in installments beginning in the fall.

The Ancestor

The Ancestor, a literary gothic novel that explores the darker realms of ancestry and inheritance, was published by William Morrow in April 2020. The book has been widely praised, described by Kirkus Reviews as "an opulently romantic horror tale" and "gothic extravaganza." Publishers Weekly called it "an intense, darkly gothic narrative with elements of mystery, the paranormal, and legendary tales."

Bibliography

• Falling Through The Earth, Henry Holt and Company, 2006, ISBN 0-8050-7732-4.
• Angelology, Viking Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-385-66861-3.
• Angelopolis, Viking Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-670-02554-1
• The Fortress, Dey Street/Harper Collins, 2016, ISBN 978-0-062-45900-8
• The Ancestor, William Morrow/Harper Colliins, 2020 ISBN 9780062912756

Reviews

• New York Times, You're Descended From Royalty. Here Are the Keys To Your Castle., Carol Goodman, April 7, 2020
• New York Times: Sunday Book Review, Cracked, Helene Wecker, May 3, 2013
• NPR, Angelology: A Cross-Bred Monster Of A Mystery, Jane Ciabattari, March 11, 2010
• TIME, Angelology: Wings of Desire, Lev Grossman, March 15, 2010
• New York Times: Sunday Book Review, Fallen Angels, Susann Cokal, March 3, 2010
• New York Times: Books, The War at Home, Kathryn Harrison, March 12, 2006
• USA Today, 'Angelology': A heaven-sent supernatural thrill ride, Carol Memmott, March 12, 2010
• ELLE Book Release: Angelology, Natasha Clark, March 12, 2010

External links

• http://danielletrussoni.com/ (Author's Website)
• Harrison, Kathryn (March 12, 2006). "The War at Home". The New York Times.
• Danielle Trussoni Angelology Interview
• Writing Workshops
• Harrison, Kathryn (March 12, 2006). "The War at Home". The New York Times.
• Falling Through the Earth Top 10 Book of 2006
• ANGELOLOGY sale
• New York Times Book Review, October 26
• New York Times Book Review, March 28 [2]
• New York Times Book Review, May 23