Join Westport Writers’ Workshop for an evening with best-selling novelist, screenwriter, and journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner to discuss her acclaimed works and career.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a celebrated staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, where her celebrity profiles have earned wide acclaim and viral attention. Her debut novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble, was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Award. The TV adaptation (FX/Hulu), which she also wrote and executive produced, was nominated for several awards, including a Critics’ Choice Award. Her latest novel, Long Island Compromise, continues her signature blend of comic brilliance, emotional depth, and family dynamics. The conversation with Brodesser-Akner will be led by Westport Writers’ Workshop Executive Director and author, Amanda Parrish Morgan.

The evening will explore Brodesser-Akner’s diverse career, including her experience adapting Fleishman Is in Trouble for television (she adapted seven of the eight episodes herself), and examine how her unique storytelling “perch” offers fresh insight into modern relationships, ambition, and identity.

Whether you’re a fan of Brodesser-Akner’s page-turning plots and investigative pieces or a writer eager to unpack craft elements like voice, gaze, and narrative structure, this evening promises to be equal parts inspiring and informative. Don’t miss your chance to experience a captivating conversation with one of America’s most insightful and fast-rising literary voices—right here in Fairfield County.

Audience members will have the opportunity to submit questions prior to the event. RJ Julia Booksellers will be selling books, and Brodesser-Akner will be available for signing following the Event.

For more information about the Westport Writers' Workshop, please visit www.westportwriters.org.