Adriana Trigiani — American Novelist

Adriana Trigiani is an American novelist, television writer, producer and film director... (wikipedia)

You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
I come from hardworking, determined people on both sides of my family... the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes.
Motherhood changes everything.
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.
And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.