Join us for a special literary evening with critically acclaimed journalist, author, and screenwriter Taffy Brodesser-Akner on November 13th at the SHUCT in Fairfield.
Brodesser-Akner is a celebrated staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, where her celebrity profiles have earned wide acclaim and viral attention. Her debut novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble, was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Award. The TV adaptation (FX/Hulu), which she also wrote and executive produced, was nominated for several awards, including a Critics’ Choice Award. Her latest novel, Long Island Compromise, continues her signature blend of comic brilliance, emotional depth, and family dynamics and has been named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Newsweek, and more.
The evening will explore Brodesser-Akner’s diverse career, including her experience adapting Fleishman Is in Trouble for television (she adapted seven of the eight episodes herself), and examine how her unique storytelling “perch” offers fresh insight into modern relationships, ambition, and identity.
