Taffy Brodesser-Akner

At-a-Glance

Staff writer for The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine.
Author of the novels Fleishman Is in Trouble (2019) and Long Island Compromise (2024).
Adapted her novel Fleishman Is in Trouble into a miniseries, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in 2023.
Recipient of multiple New York Press Club Awards and a Mirror Award for her journalism.

Biography

Taffy Brodesser-Akner is an American journalist and author, currently serving as a staff writer for The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine. Her career includes significant contributions as a freelance writer and a contributor to GQ. She has gained recognition for her celebrity profiles, which have earned her a New York Press Club Award for entertainment news in a magazine in 2014, two New York Press Club awards in 2015, and a Mirror Award in 2016.