| Adriana Trigiani | |
|---|---|
| Born | Big Stone Gap, Virginia |
| Occupation | Novelist, television writer, producer, film director |
Adriana Trigiani is an American novelist, television writer, producer and film director.
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Trigiani grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia[1] and attended Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana.[2] She was a writer for The Cosby Show and its spin-off series A Different World before beginning on novels.[2] In 1996, she won the "Most Popular Documentary" award at the Hamptons International Film Festival for directing the Queens of the Big Time. The following year, she served as co-producer on the documentary film Green Chimneys.
In 2001, Trigiani wrote a novel about the town titled Big Stone Gap, based on a screenplay by the same name she authored.[1][2] It was followed by three sequels, Big Cherry Holler,[1] Milk Glass Moon, and Home to Big Stone Gap.[3] Aside from that series, she has written Rococo,[4] Queen of the Big Time,[4] and Lucia, Lucia, which became a best-seller in Britain.[5] Very Valentine, was published in February 2009, and followed by Brava Valentine Valentine in 2010.[6][7]
She also co-authored a cookbook with her sisters titled Cooking With My Sisters: One Hundred Years of Family Recipes, from Bari to Big Stone Gap.[1]
In 2008 Trigiani served as the Appalachian writer in residence at Shepherd University.[1]
Trigiani lives in Greenwich Village in New York.[5]
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Notes | |
| 1996 | Queens of the Big Time | Director | |
| 1997 | Green Chimneys | Co-producer | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Notes | |
| 1989–1990 | A Different World | Writer, 3 episodes | |
| 1991–1992 | The Cosby Show | Writer, 5 episodes | |
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Hamptons International Film Festival | Won | Most Popular Documentary | Queens of the Big Time |