Jo Piazza is an American journalist, editor, and author of thirteen books, including The Sicilian Inheritance[1] and the Good Morning America Book Club pick We Are Not Like Them with Christine Pride.[2] She’s also the host of the Under the Influence podcast.[3] She has written and reported for The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, The New York Times, and Slate.[4][third-party source needed]

Jo Piazza
Jo Piazza in 2023
Jo Piazza in 2023
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAmerican
Genrefiction and non-fiction

Career

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Piazza is a novelist and podcaster known for her challenging of "tradwives".[5] Earlier in her career, Piazza was senior digital editor at Current TV.[6] She returned to celebrity news as the Executive News Director for the print and digital editions of In Touch Weekly and Life & Style magazines.[6] Most recently Piazza served as managing editor for Yahoo! Travel.[7]

Works

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  • Piazza, Jo (2011). Celebrity, Inc. Open Road Media E-riginal. ISBN 978-1-4532-1879-2.[8][9]
  • Love Rehab New York : Open Road Media, 2013. ISBN 9781453295076, OCLC 816030740[10]
  • If Nuns Ruled the World New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2014. ISBN 9781497601901, OCLC 876669625[11][12][13][14]
  • The Knockoff Anchor Books 2016. ISBN 9781101872208, OCLC 921865479[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
  • How to be Married New York : Harmony Books, 2017. ISBN 9780451495556, OCLC 1005000747[22]
  • Fitness Junkie New York : Doubleday, 2017. ISBN 9780385541800, OCLC 959666504
  • Charlotte Walsh likes to win : a novel , New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018. ISBN 9781501179419, OCLC 1006803017
  • Pride, Christine; Piazza, Jo (2021-02-09). We Are Not Like Them. William Morrow. ISBN 978-0-06-294072-8.[2]
  • Piazza, Jo (2024-04-02). The Sicilian Inheritance. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-593-47416-7.[1][23][24][25][26][27]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fans of historical fiction, women's fiction, and mystery novels will be equally dazzled". Kirkus Review. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "'We Are Not Like Them' is the 'GMA' Book Club pick for October". Good Morning America Book Club. Good Morning America.
  3. ^ "Under the Influence". Apple Podcasts. Apple Podcasts.
  4. ^ "Press". Jo Piazza.
  5. ^ Ariana Triggs, Claire Hardwick and David Oliver. "What is a 'trad wife'? These controversial women are drawing attention – and opinions". USA Today. MSN.
  6. ^ a b O'Shea, Chris (21 March 2013). "Jo Piazza Named Exec News Director of In Touch Weekly and Life & Style". AdWeek.
  7. ^ "Jo Piazza and Nick Aster". Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  8. ^ Manisha Thakor (17 November 2011). "Celebrity, Inc". Forbes.
  9. ^ "Celebrity, Inc". Kirkus.
  10. ^ Daniel Edward Rosen (11 June 2013). "Gossip Girl: First-time Author Jo Piazza Just Couldn't Stay Away From Celeb News". Observer.
  11. ^ Kristof, Nicholas (16 August 2014). "Sister Acts". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "If Nuns Ruled the World". Kirkus.
  13. ^ What If Nuns Ran the Catholic Church?. WNYC. The Brian Lehrer Show.
  14. ^ O'Connor, William (4 September 2014). "The World Would Go to Hell Without Nuns". Daily Beast.
  15. ^ Griffith, Carson (30 July 2015). "Inside the Start-Up That May Have Inspired the Summer's Bitchiest Beach Read". Vanity Fair.
  16. ^ Vanmetre, Elizabeth (5 October 2015). "'The Knockoff' author Jo Piazza on learning from bad work experiences for her book". Daily News.
  17. ^ "The Knockoff". Kirkus.
  18. ^ Maslin, Janet (21 May 2015). "Cool Books for Hot Summer Days". The New York Times.
  19. ^ Matthews, Liz (21 May 2015). "The ONLY Beach Read You Should Be Seen With This Summer: The Knockoff". Town and Country.
  20. ^ Reed, Sam (10 July 2015). "5 Easy Reads for the Train Ride to Comic-Con (Or Anywhere, Really)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  21. ^ Grossmann, Mary Ann (28 October 2015). "'The Knockoff': You'll want to pack this read in your beach bag". Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
  22. ^ Stadtmiller, Mandy (27 January 2017). "How Polygamy, Role-Playing, and Less Sex Can Improve Your Marriage". NY Magazine.
  23. ^ Ward, Amanda Eyre (April 2, 2024). "A Journey to the Boot of Italy, With Murder, Romance and Ricotta". New York Times.
  24. ^ "Local author's novel 'The Sicilian Inheritance' loosely based on relative's murder". 6abc Philadelphia. 2024-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  25. ^ "What Does a World Without Men Look Like? Ask Jo Piazza". ELLE. 2024-04-11. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  26. ^ "Philly author's book was inspired by the unsolved murder of an ancestor in Italy". PhillyVoice. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  27. ^ "Author Jo Piazza Does Her Best Writing At 35,000 Feet". Bustle. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-04-16.