Biography
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is an American journalist and author. She is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, where she has written celebrity profiles, and has also contributed to GQ and other publications. She began her journalism career at Soap Opera Weekly after earning a BFA in dramatic writing from New York University.
Her debut novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble, was published in 2019. She adapted it for television as creator, writer and executive producer of the 2022 FX/Hulu limited series of the same name. Her second novel, Long Island Compromise, was published in 2024.
