Adriana Trigiani is an American author, playwright, television writer and producer, film director, screenwriter, and entrepreneur based in New York City. Born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia in 1969, she has established a prolific career in multiple creative fields. Trigiani has published eighteen books, maintaining a remarkable pace of releasing a novel each year since 2000. Beyond her work as an author, she has contributed to television as a writer and producer, and has worked in film as a director, screenwriter, and producer.