Danielle Trussoni

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Danielle Anne Trussoni (born November 9, 1973 in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is an American writer. Trussoni graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison summa cum laude with a BA in History and English (1996) and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she received an MFA in Fiction Writing (2002). Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Telegraph Magazine, The New York Times Book Review and Tin House, among other publications.

Trussoni is a founding member of The Memoirists Collective. The Memoirists Collective[1] is a writer's group consisting of the authors Maria Dahvana Headley, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, and Hillary Carlip. The Collective's stated goal is to "identify and nurture new talent in nonfiction, as well as to encourage collaborative and creative promotion."

Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir[2] was chosen by The New York Times as one of the Ten Best Books of 2006. Falling Through the Earth was recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award, the Elle Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Award for April 2006 and was chosen as a Book Sense Pick for March 2006 and as part of Barnes and Noble’s Discover Great New Writers Program [3]

  • 2006 "Her Father’s War", The Veteran Review http://www.vvaw.org, Kelly Connolly
  • July, 2006 "The Pity of War", The Sunday Times of London, Kate Saunders
  • June 22, 2006 "The Vietcong and me: daughterly devotion in the Midwest boondocks", The Independent, Justin Wintle
  • 2006 "Short Takes", Boston Sunday Globe, Amanda Heller
  • March 12, 2006 "The War at Home", The New York Times Book Review,Front Page Review by Kathryn Harrison
  • March 4, 2006 "Odd bond dad’s tender legacy", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Geeta Sharma-Jensen
  • March 2, 2006, "Daughter's memoir ties war, aftermath and dad", The Capital Times Review, Michael James
  • January 2, 2006 Booklist, Starred Review, John Green
  • January, 2006 Library Journal Starred Review, Jamie Engle
  • December 19, 2005 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review
  • ==Bibliography==

[edit] Books

[edit] Interviews

  • small spiral notebook [6]

[edit] Links

  • The Memoirists Collective[7]
  • Author's Website [8]