“But the most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.”

American author and entrepreneur, contemporary

Adriana Trigiani is an American author, playwright, television writer and producer, film director, screenwriter, and producer based in New York City. She has 89 quotes on the site and is known for a wide-ranging creative career across books, stage, film, and television. She has written eighteen books and has published a novel a year since 2000. Her work spans several forms, reflecting a career that moves between fiction, scriptwriting, directing, producing, and entrepreneurship.