Adriana Trigiani

Adriana Trigiani is the bestselling author of sixteen books including the instant New York Times bestseller All the Stars in the Heavens the blockbuster epic The Shoemakers Wife the Big Stone Gap series Lucia Lucia the Valentine series the Viola series for young adults and the bestselling memoir Dont Sing at the Table She was an awardwinning writerproducer of The Cosby Show 1984 and A Different World 1987 and show runner and executive producer of CityKids 1993 She is the awardwinning filmmaker of the documentary Queens of the Big Time 1996 Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture Big Stone Gap 2014 based on her debut novel and filmed entirely on location in her Virginia hometown and released on October 9 2015