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Adriana Trigiani

Author of Big Stone Gap

Includes the names: Adrian Trigiani, Adriana Frigiani, Adirana Trigiani, Adriana Tragiani, Adriana Trigiani, Triagini Adriana, Adriani Trigiani, Arianna Trigiani, Adrianna Trigiani, Andriana Trigiani ... (see complete list), Adriana Trigianni, Adriana Trigianai, Adrianna Trigiani, Adriania Trigiani, Adrriana Trigiani

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Adriana Trigiani grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and graduated from Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. After graduation, she moved to New York City and founded the all-female comedy troupe The Outcasts, which performed on the cabaret circuit for seven years. She was a writer/producer on The Cosby Show and A Different World and executive producer/head writer for City Kids for Jim Henson Productions. In 1996, she wrote and directed the documentary film Queens of the Big Time, which won the Audience Award at the Hamptons Film Festival. Her debut novel, Big Stone Gap, was published in 2001. Her young adult and adult novels include Big Cherry Holler, Milk Glass Moon, Home to Big Stone Gap, The Queen of the Big Time, Rococo, Encore Valentine, Viola in Reel Life, The Supreme Macaroni Company, The Shoemaker's Wife, and All the Stars in the Heavens. She wrote the film adaptation for her novels Big Stone Gap, Very Valentine, and Lucia, Lucia. She also wrote a cookbook entitled Cooking with My Sisters and a non-fiction book entitled Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Big Stone Gap… (more)

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Works by Adriana Trigiani

Big Stone Gap 2,700 copies, 92 reviews

The Shoemaker's Wife 1,801 copies, 110 reviews

Lucia, Lucia 1,488 copies, 37 reviews

Big Cherry Holler 1,422 copies, 24 reviews

Very Valentine 1,192 copies, 107 reviews

Milk Glass Moon 1,172 copies, 19 reviews

The Queen of the Big Time 961 copies, 26 reviews

Home to Big Stone Gap 945 copies, 21 reviews

Brava, Valentine 797 copies, 58 reviews

Rococo 684 copies, 15 reviews

The Supreme Macaroni Company 497 copies, 37 reviews

All the Stars in the Heavens 458 copies, 25 reviews

Viola in Reel Life 396 copies, 24 reviews

The Good Left Undone 323 copies, 10 reviews

Kiss Carlo: A Novel 270 copies, 17 reviews

Tony's Wife 211 copies, 8 reviews

Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers 142 copies, 12 reviews

Viola in the Spotlight 134 copies, 2 reviews

The Big Stone Gap Trilogy 101 copies

Cooking with My Sisters 100 copies, 3 reviews

Adriana Trigiani 2 Book Collection: Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler 88 copies, 2 reviews

The House of Love 8 copies

Then Came You [2020 film] (Director) 6 copies

Adriana Trigiani's Valentine Collection 3 copies

Adriana Trigiani 6 Book Collection 2 copies

Then Came You 1 copy

Homemade Sin 1 copy

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American Girls About Town (Contributor) 306 copies, 3 reviews

Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most… (Contributor) 251 copies, 28 reviews

Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession (Contributor) 137 copies, 35 reviews

Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank (Contributor) 93 copies, 5 reviews

The Book Lovers' Appreciation Society: Breast Cancer Care Short Story… (Contributor) 90 copies, 1 review

The Sunday Night Book Club (Contributor) 39 copies, 1 review

Reader's Digest Select Editions 2005 v03 #279 21 copies

The New Great American Writers' Cookbook (Contributor) 20 copies, 1 review

Reader's Digest Select Editions 2009 v04 #304 13 copies

RDSELP v179 Very Valentine | Lipstick in Afghanistan 9 copies

Thank You, Sisters: Stories of Women Religious and How They Enrich Our… (Contributor) 8 copies

RDSELP v141 Skeleton Man | Queen of the Big Time 5 copies

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1963-02-03

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Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA

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Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA

Greenwich Village, New York, USA

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documentary filmmaker

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Stephenson, Tim (spouse)

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