Meet Our Honorees

Adriana Trigiani is The New York Times bestselling author of 20 books in fiction and nonfiction, published in 38 languages. She is an award-winning playwright, television writer/producer and filmmaker, and she is host of the hit podcast, "You Are What You Read". Trigiani grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where she co-founded The Origin Project, an in-school writing program serving over 2,700 students in Appalachia. In 2023, she was knighted with the Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia by President Sergio Mattarella of Italy. She is proud to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts.

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