Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza
Jo Piazza in 2023
OccupationJournalist
Writing career
Genresfiction and non-fiction

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

Education & Career

Piazza attended the University of Pennsylvania where she earned a degree in economics in 2002. . She was initiated as a member of Delta Delta Delta.

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

Works

References

  1. 1 2 "Fans of historical fiction, women's fiction, and mystery novels will be equally dazzled". Kirkus Review. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 "'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. ↑ "Jo Piazza (C'02) Delivers 2022 Communication Major Graduation Speech | Annenberg". www.asc.upenn.edu. 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2026-09-03.
  6. ↑ Delta, Tri (2026-06-23). "From Sisterhood to Storytelling with Bestselling Author Jo Piazza". Tri Delta. Retrieved 2026-09-03.
  7. ↑ Ariana Triggs, Claire Hardwick and David Oliver. "What is a 'trad wife'? These controversial women are drawing attention – and opinions". USA Today. MSN.
  8. 1 2 O'Shea, Chris (21 March 2013). "Jo Piazza Named Exec News Director of In Touch Weekly and Life & Style". AdWeek.
  9. ↑ "Jo Piazza and Nick Aster". Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  10. ↑ Manisha Thakor (17 November 2011). "Celebrity, Inc". Forbes.
  11. ↑ "Celebrity, Inc". Kirkus.
  12. ↑ Daniel Edward Rosen (11 June 2013). "Gossip Girl: First-time Author Jo Piazza Just Couldn't Stay Away From Celeb News". Observer.
  13. ↑ Kristof, Nicholas (16 August 2014). "Sister Acts". The New York Times.
  14. ↑ "If Nuns Ruled the World". Kirkus.
  15. ↑ What If Nuns Ran the Catholic Church?. WNYC. The Brian Lehrer Show.
  16. ↑ O'Connor, William (4 September 2014). "The World Would Go to Hell Without Nuns". Daily Beast.
  17. ↑ Griffith, Carson (30 July 2015). "Inside the Start-Up That May Have Inspired the Summer's Bitchiest Beach Read". Vanity Fair.
  18. ↑ Vanmetre, Elizabeth (5 October 2015). "'The Knockoff' author Jo Piazza on learning from bad work experiences for her book". Daily News.
  19. ↑ "The Knockoff". Kirkus.
  20. ↑ Maslin, Janet (21 May 2015). "Cool Books for Hot Summer Days". The New York Times.
  21. ↑ Matthews, Liz (21 May 2015). "The ONLY Beach Read You Should Be Seen With This Summer: The Knockoff". Town and Country.
  22. ↑ Reed, Sam (10 July 2015). "5 Easy Reads for the Train Ride to Comic-Con (Or Anywhere, Really)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  23. ↑ Grossmann, Mary Ann (28 October 2015). "'The Knockoff': You'll want to pack this read in your beach bag". Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
  24. ↑ Stadtmiller, Mandy (27 January 2017). "How Polygamy, Role-Playing, and Less Sex Can Improve Your Marriage". NY Magazine.
  25. ↑ "Book Review: Christine Pride and Jo Piazza continue as dynamic duo with You Were Always Mine". Associated Press.
  26. ↑ Ward, Amanda Eyre (April 2, 2024). "A Journey to the Boot of Italy, With Murder, Romance and Ricotta". New York Times.
  27. ↑ "Local author's novel 'The Sicilian Inheritance' loosely based on relative's murder". 6abc Philadelphia. 2024-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  28. ↑ "What Does a World Without Men Look Like? Ask Jo Piazza". ELLE. 2024-04-11. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  29. ↑ "Philly author's book was inspired by the unsolved murder of an ancestor in Italy". PhillyVoice. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  30. ↑ "Author Jo Piazza Does Her Best Writing At 35,000 Feet". Bustle. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-04-16.