The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape - The New York Times
WEBJul 7, 2024 — Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a staff writer for the magazine. The kidnapping that begins her new novel, “Long Island Compromise,” was inspired by the Jack Teich kidnapping in 1974.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner explores wealth and family trauma in 'Long ... - NPR
WEBJul 8, 2024 — Taffy Brodesser-Akner adapted her previous novel, "Fleishman Is In Trouble," into a limited FX series on Hulu. Taffy, we talked about how you went to film school.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner was kicked out of multiple schools. This is ... - NPR
WEBAug 8, 2024 — Taffy Brodesser-Akner spent a lot of time imagining the lives of the super wealthy on Long Island, where she would visit her dad. Her thoughts set on one family in particular.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner explains why she finds fame and fortune so ... - NPR
WEBAug 11, 2024 — Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner plays a game of Wild Card. She tells NPR's Rachel Martin about feeling safe when she's in motion and why she needs God to help her understand the world.
Book Review: ‘Long Island Compromise,’ by Taffy Brodesser-Akner …
WEBJul 7, 2024 — This is the question at the heart of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s generation-spanning sophomore novel, “Long Island Compromise,” which tells the story of a wealthy, dysfunctional suburban...
Taffy Brodesser-Akner on the Power of Bearing Witness
WEBJul 30, 2024 — Taffy Brodesser-Akner on the Power of Bearing Witness Her sophomore novel interrogates money’s role in life’s cascading traumas—and whether one ever really escapes their family.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Wikipedia
WEBTaffy Brodesser-Akner (born Stephanie Akner) is an American journalist and author. She has worked freelance and as a contributor for GQ and The New York Times, ... and won a New York Press Club Award for entertainment news in a magazine for her story about actress Gaby Hoffmann. [5]
“Long Island Compromise,” Reviewed | The New Yorker
WEBJul 1, 2024 — Not so with the Fletchers, the “extraordinarily, absurdly, kidnappably rich” family at the heart of “Long Island Compromise” (Random House), by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner on how God helps her understand …
WEBAug 13, 2024 — Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner draws a question from the Wild Card deck. She tells NPR's Rachel Martin about needing God to help her understand the world.
‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Creator Taffy Brodesser-Akner on …
WEBAug 16, 2023 — ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Creator Taffy Brodesser-Akner on Getting Support to Adapt Her Novel for TV: “People Took Such a Chance on My Weird Book and Me” The showrunner talks adapting her own...