Tiramisu for the Soul
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Time: TBD
Milford Theater – ticketed event
The View from Lake Como by Adrian Tagiani
Moderator: Josh Sapan
Get on the boat! We’re going to Lake Como! New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Adriana Trigiani is the consummate storyteller. The adored novelist, who’s also a celebrated screenwriter, producer, director, and podcast host, pays homage to her Italian roots in her fiction, consistently bringing both laughter and tears to her devoted readers ever since her debut twenty-five years ago with Big Stone Gap.
The bestselling author of twenty delightful romance novels, described as a “comedy writer with a heart of gold” by The New York Times, will share how she creates books endearingly called “tiramisu for the soul.” A rare chance to learn about the high-quality person behind the light-touch transplant from Big Stone Gap, Virginia: Besides being a hugely successful novelist, Tagiani is an award-winning playwright; memoirist; television writer, producer and filmmaker; and the co-founder of The Origin Project, an in-school writing program annually inspiring 1,700 students in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Come meet this larger-than-life author whose books sell in thirty-eight territories around the world.
Josh Sapan photo and bio to come.
Adriana Trigiani
Adriana Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Good Left Undone, The Shoemaker’s Wife and Lucia, Lucia. Her work has been published in thirty-eight languages around the world. An award-winning playwright, television writer/producer, and filmmaker, Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap, adapted her novel, Very Valentine, for television, and directed the award-winning documentary, Queens of the Big Time, among others.
Adriana grew up in the mountains of southwest Virginia, where she co-founded The Origin Project, a year-round, in-school writing program that has served over 25,000 students since its inception in 2014. In 2023, Adriana Trigiani was named Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia by President Sergio Mattarella of Italy. In 2024, The Library of Virginia awarded her the Patron of Letters degree, their highest honor.
A sought-after speaker, Trigiani is as engaging on the stage as she is on the page. She has made regular appearances on NBC’s Today show and Good Day New York with Rosanna Scotto, and has been profiled by publications around the world, including The New York Times, Virginia Living, Publisher’s Weekly, and Writer’s Digest. Trigiani is honored to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family.
Listen to Adriana and the luminaries of our times discuss the books that built their souls on the You Are What You Read podcast, available everywhere.
Visit her website at www.adrianatrigiani.com
Facebook: @AdrianaTrigiani, Instagram: @adrianatrigiani, Threads: @adrianatrigiani, TikTok: @adrianatrigianiauthor
Josh Sapan
Josh Sapan photo and bio to come.