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Taffy
Brodesser-Akner

Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. Fleishman Is in Trouble, her first novel, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. The TV adaptation from FX, created and executive produced by Taffy, was nominated for seven Emmys.

Long Island Compromise is her second novel.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. Fleishman Is in Trouble, her first novel, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. The TV adaptation from FX, created and executive produced by Taffy, was nominated for seven Emmys.

Long Island Compromise is her second novel.

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