Taffy Brodesser-Akner | |
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Born | Stephanie Akner 1975or1976(age 48–49) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | New York University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Spouse | Claude Brodesser-Akner (m. 2006) |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
Taffy Brodesser-Akner (born Stephanie Akner) is an American journalist and author. She has worked freelance and as a contributor for GQ and The New York Times , where she is now a staff writer. Her profiles of celebrities have won her the New York Press Club Award and Mirror Award. Her first novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble , achieved widespread success.
Born Stephanie Akner, Brodesser-Akner received the nickname "Taffy" at a young age and continued using it professionally. [1] She grew up in Brooklyn, New York, [2] in an Orthodox Jewish household. [3] She attended New York University.
She married Claude Brodesser in 2006. [2] Brodesser converted to Judaism, [2] a process that eventually led Akner to evaluate and reinforce her own observance of Jewish customs. [4] After marrying, both took hyphenated last names. [1] They have two children. [5]
Brodesser-Akner's first major journalism job was at Soap Opera Weekly, a job she held until her role was eliminated due to layoffs in June 2001. [6] She also wrote for Mediabistro [7] and did freelance pieces for magazines including ESPN The Magazine , GQ , and Texas Monthly . The Columbia Journalism Review called her "one of the nation's most successful freelance writers". [8] Her freelance articles often focused on celebrity profiles, several of which went viral. [9] In 2014, she became a contributing writer to both The New York Times and GQ, [7] and won a New York Press Club Award for entertainment news in a magazine for her story about actress Gaby Hoffmann. [10] She won two New York Press Club awards in 2015, for her profiles of Damon Lindelof and Britney Spears. [11] The same year, Brodesser-Akner was nominated for a Mirror Award for her profile of Joey Soloway, [12] and she won the award in 2016 for her profile of broadcaster Don Lemon. [13] In 2017, she became a full-time staff writer for The New York Times. [9]
Her first novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble , was published in June 2019 by Random House in the US [14] [15] and by Wildfire in the UK. [16] The novel was selected for the longlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020. [17] Brodesser-Akner has adapted the novel as a TV miniseries, which debuted on Hulu on November 17, 2022. [18] In 2023, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Her second novel, Long Island Compromise , was published in July 2024 by Random House in the US [19] and by Wildfire in the UK. [20]
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