Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes Real People — Not Likable Ones

Update: 2024-07-08

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Brodesser-Akner's new novel, Long Island Compromise, centers on the kidnapping of a rich businessman, and the impact, decades later, on his grown children. She channeled what she learned as a journalist writing celebrity profiles for the book: "I think that the goal of all writing is to humanize those that we can only see from far away." Her previous book, Fleishman Is in Trouble, was adapted into an acclaimed FX/Hulu series.

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Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes Real People — Not Likable Ones

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Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes Real People — Not Likable Ones

Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes Real People — Not Likable Ones